From 1970 to 2010, real GDP doubled while real earnings fell by 28 percent.
The growth in real earnings for blue-collar professions--industry, warehousing and construction--have generally lagged those of white-collar workers.
At the same time, consumers will reduce spending as inflation erodes their real earnings and perceived wealth.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer price index, and real earnings.
Stock prices have an inflation expectation built in and also grow above inflation as real earnings growth occurs and dividends are paid by the companies.
U.S. economic reports due for release Friday include real earnings, the consumer price index, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, and industrial production and capacity utilization.
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It accounted for 56% of the growth in real earnings in the city in 1992-97 (compared with 23% in the boom years of the 1980s).
Real earnings have now been falling since the summer of 2010.
No one outside can say what Sinopec's real earnings potential is.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer price index, real earnings, new residential construction, and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
The time for a reverse split is when there are real earnings and you would want to make them appear larger when spread over a smaller share count.
Part 2 will consider the importance of real earnings growth.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the consumer price index, real earnings, new residential construction, the weekly jobless claims report and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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As excess liquidity often is tied to higher inflation, instead of sitting on short-term cash with no real earnings, investors have been purchasing commodities ahead of potential further price increases.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes real earnings, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, the Philadelphia Fed business survey and the weekly jobless claims report.
Contrary to Mr Wood's assertions, the evidence so far suggests that they are eating into workers' real earnings, and hurting companies' profit margins at home (as they have difficulty passing on higher costs).
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There is a significant batch of U.S. economic data Friday that could move the markets, including real earnings, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, Treasury international capital data, and industrial production and capacity utilization.
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U.S. economic data due for release Friday is heavy and includes the consumer price index, real earnings, retail sales, industrial production and capacity utilization, manufacturing and trade inventory and sales, and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports, the consumer price index, real earnings, new residential construction, industrial production and capacity utilization, and the IMF world economic outlook.
The U.S. data includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, real earnings, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the consumer price index, real earnings, Treasury international capital flows, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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Only in the past two years, for example, have wages begun to increase in real terms, and one study to be released next week reckons that the real earnings of the median worker last year were still 3.1% lower than in 1989.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports, real earnings, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, retail sales, Treasury international capital data, manufacturing trade, inventory and sales, and the NAHB housing market index.
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They have been used to justify systemic deregulation and a maniacal focus on generating short-term earnings that are not necessarily real economic earnings.
Real corporate earnings growth is a function of real economic growth.
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Conclusion: Real corporate earnings will probably shrink to a fraction closer to 2% to 3% of GDP.
Between 1975 and 1990, average real black earnings in manufacturing increased by almost 50%, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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Real average weekly earnings was up 0.3 percent between July 2011 and July 2012.
Real average hourly earnings dropped 0.6% in March, the most since June 2009, after falling 0.5% the prior month.
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