Inflation trumps wage gains

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• Last call for Fed rate predictions

  by Sabri Ben-Achour and Sofia Terenzio

  

  Another hot CPI report must mean the Fed is going to raise interest rates, right?

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• Inflation has devoured pay gains over the past year

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The average real hourly wage, accounting for raises and inflation, went down by 0.3% over the past 12 months.

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• Why the gender pay gap holds back productivity

  by Justin Ho

  

  The pay gap between men and women prevents many women from entering the labor force at all.

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• The Numbers

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

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• Retiring at age 37 to give back to the community

  by Maria Hollenhorst and Sean McHenry

  

  Skip Franklin retired in 2013, at age 37. “My primary identity at this point is church and friends and family,” he said. “Well, I should say church and volunteer work. I don't feel adrift without a job.”

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• Housing starts are down in most of the country. Here's why the Northeast is the exception

  by Henry Epp

  

  While homebuilding has slowed down in regions that saw a post-pandemic boom, like the South and West, housing construction in the Northeast is continuing at a steadier pace.

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