nominal wages

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: wages measured in money as distinct from actual purchasing power

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The corporate tax cut in 2018 was about $125 billion, which helped drive a 12-percentage-point increase in after-tax corporate profit growth even as nominal wage growth continued its slow upward drift. — Jason Furman, WSJ, "The Trump Tax Cuts Boosted Growth and Jobs, but at What Cost?," 18 Dec. 2018 In the new government jobs report, year-over-year nominal wage growth is 2.7 percent nationwide as of June, a solid but not stellar pace. — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, "As economy hums, fewer workers make minimum wage," 6 July 2018 Recent data show, however, that the problem rich countries face is not that nominal wage growth has failed to respond to economic conditions. — The Economist, "The rich world needs higher real wage growth," 30 June 2018 Total nominal wage and salary payments grew by $369 billion over the last year, which works out to about $2,900 per household. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Business Carries the Economy," 27 Apr. 2018 The Facts One thing that’s confusing in this conversation is that there are different metrics available: hourly wages, weekly wages, nominal wage growth, real wage growth and so forth. — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, "President Trump’s claim that ‘wages are now, for the first time in many years, rising’," 7 Feb. 2018 They are paid a nominal wage, generally up to $1 per hour. — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, "Job training in prison has gone way beyond stamping license plates," 16 Oct. 2017 Annual growth in private-sector nominal wages this year has been around the 2.5% mark. — The Economist, "It’s not the American wayBritain’s labour-force participation has jumped," 7 Oct. 2017

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