| 21. | Real wages are barely a third of what they were 15 years ago.
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| 22. | Their real wages are higher than that of teachers or doctors.
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| 23. | Mexicans whose real wages have fallen the past month " are angry ."
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| 24. | Horn's austerity program brought a 15 percent cut in real wages.
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| 25. | In such a situation, real wage increases no matter how inflation is calculated.
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| 26. | In Los Angeles County, by contrast, real wages fell 3 . 9 percent.
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| 27. | There were similar increases in real wages during the 19th century.
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| 28. | The result : high federal deficits, sluggish economic growth and stagnant real wages.
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| 29. | Given inflation's toll on real wages, salary increases have been expected.
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| 30. | Consumer spending was dampened by rising unemployment and falling real wages.
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