Examples of nominal wages in a Sentence
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Rising prices and nominal wages pushed voters into higher tax brackets, draining their discretionary income.
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 June 2023
For example, in December 2022 median nominal wages grew by 6.1% while the CPI was up 6.4%.
—Phillip Braun, Forbes, 3 May 2023
That’s despite nominal wages (i.e. wages which have not been adjusted for inflation) having increased 13.4% during that span.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2023
While annual average nominal wages for full-time nurses in the UK have risen in the past decade, real wages — which adjust for inflation — have dropped.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
There is also a growing understanding that nominal wages can continue to rise while inflation declines.
—Matthew Nestler, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
The pre-industrial economy yielded no productivity increases sufficient to boost real wages, and even nominal wages scarcely rose because there wasn’t much inflation in the pre-industrial economy.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
Inflation is causing real wages to decline despite rising nominal wages.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 May 2022
The second is zero future growth in nationwide average nominal wages.
—Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 June 2023
For example, in December 2022 median nominal wages grew by 6.1% while the CPI was up 6.4%.
—Phillip Braun, Forbes, 3 May 2023
That’s despite nominal wages (i.e. wages which have not been adjusted for inflation) having increased 13.4% during that span.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2023
While annual average nominal wages for full-time nurses in the UK have risen in the past decade, real wages — which adjust for inflation — have dropped.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
There is also a growing understanding that nominal wages can continue to rise while inflation declines.
—Matthew Nestler, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
The pre-industrial economy yielded no productivity increases sufficient to boost real wages, and even nominal wages scarcely rose because there wasn’t much inflation in the pre-industrial economy.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
Inflation is causing real wages to decline despite rising nominal wages.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 May 2022
The second is zero future growth in nationwide average nominal wages.
—Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
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First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined above
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