Average hourly wages, however, rose just a penny to $24.45. They have risen 2% over the past 12 months, but that's unchanged from the start of the year. Analysts say wages have to rise much faster to speed up an economy that has grown at a lackluster 2% annual pace since 2011.
Remember when you got a raise and the only thing it meant was bracket creep?
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