Deflation
Deflation
real wage is
They rose less than in Britain, France, and Germany. Wages in both countries increased.
Deflation
It simply means that if inflation increases and real wages stay the same, it will take you more money to buy the same amount of goods and services. Inflation affects real wages because it reduces your purchasing power, assuming your real wage stays the same.
It depends on the deduction. Most common deductions such as medical premiums reduce SS taxable wages. But salary-deferal types of deductions do not. For example, employee contributions to a 401lk or Simple IRA do not reduce SS taxable wages.
an indication of an individual's actual purchasing power.
Real wages
an indication of an individual's actual purchasing power
Increased by half
Lower production costs help lure foreign
Unions were legally tolerated, and they campaigned for 10 or 12 hour workdays and raises. Real wages (real means the numbers are adjusted to account for inflation) began climbing in the 1830s.