U.S. Small Business Job and Wage Growth Remain Steady

Hourly earnings growth ... at U.S. companies with fewer than 50 employees continued a steady deceleration that began in mid-2022, ending March at 3.27% growth year-over-year. This press release ... Read More

How It Started ... How It's Going: Inflation-adjusted hourly wages lower today than when Biden took office

Inflation creates severe financial pressures for most U.S. households ... than wage growth; productivity growth is high; and low unemployment rates are continuing to drive wages higher, so ... Read More

New jobs report shows strong U.S. economic growth

On Friday, the Labor Department put out new figures showing the U.S. economy added more than ... The March report also showed low unemployment and wage gains that are outpacing inflation. Read More

Job growth surged far more than expected in March

That job growth, stated in Friday's news release from the Bureau ... to live in a world where we have low unemployment and there's steady, consistent gains in wage growth and more people coming ... Read More

California's fast-food workers are now the highest paid in U.S. with new $20 per hour wage

Chipotle's 3,400 locations across the U.S. could see a 1% increase in prices to compensate, he added. Starbucks told the Los Angeles Times it plans to offset the higher wages by boosting prices ... Read More

Traffic deaths decline across U.S., new data shows

The pandemic fueled a surge in roadway deaths across the U.S., but there are signs that it could now be heading toward a downward trend. In 2022 the U.S. saw nearly 42,500 traffic deaths ... Read More

Bird flu has hit U.S. dairy cattle for the first time. Here's what it means for milk supply.

Impacted cows have been found across ... U.S. cattle after dairy cows were found to be experiencing "decreased lactation, low appetite and other symptoms," agencies said in a joint news release. Read More

Liberals in la-la land: High wages, 32-hour workweeks sound great, but there's a steep price

“It messes up the marketplace, and businesses attempt to find a way around it because these are not market-based wages ... s such a competitive marketplace and unemployment is so low that ... Read More

Federal government claims credit for Tasmanian wage growth despite the state lagging behind

Tony Bourke pictured at a press conference in Sydney today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn “What this shows is that Tasmanians’ wages ... s exactly what we’re seeing. “We’ve done that by securing ... Read More

Japan’s Real Wages Decline Likely to Keep BOJ on Hold for Now

Japanese workers’ real wages fell in February for a 23rd consecutive month after consumer price growth accelerated, exerting a drag on spending, in an outcome that will likely keep the central ... Read More