Workers have seen zero progress on affordability compared to January 2025. Real wages are essentially stagnant as workers leverage has declined and prices have risen. It's no wonder workers feel left behind in the current economy.
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Since I keep seeing it’s #NumbersDay and since I just saw DJ shadow, here’s what’s currently on repeat in my head youtu.be/odlhSQqOXL8

Charts! Inflation picked back up in September, on both a headline and a core basis. Prices are up 3.7 percent over the past year. Core prices have risen at an annual rate of 3.4 percent over the past three months. #NumbersDay

Average hour of work affords American employees 0.7% less purchasing power in Sept than a year prior, per new @usbls.bsky.social data on wage growth and price inflation today.
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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in September and were up 3.7 percent from a year earlier. “Core” prices, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, were up 0.3 percent m/m and 2.6 percent y/y.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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🚨🚨🚨 “Black women’s unemployment rate jumped dramatically from 5.6 percent in August to 6.8 percent in September, driven by more Black women joining the labor market but not being able to find work.”
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Final jobs report before election exposes another Trump failure.

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One of the dominant narratives about the labor market over the past couple years has been that it's a "good time to have a job but a bad time to be looking for one."
I think that's only half true. A quick 📈🧵:
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Bottom line: +29k jobs (+50k 3mma) and 4.2% unemployment are hardly catastrophic. Rebound in prime-age e-pop is encouraging.
Fundamental issue in this labor market isn't that there aren't enough jobs. It's what they pay: Wage growth is continuing to slow. #NumbersDay

U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2 percent.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Not much changed in the latest #JOLTS report for August. The BLS reports that most measures are little changed, changed little, or unchanged. www.bls.gov/news.release...
- hires rate ticked up, but still depressed
- job openings ticked down
- layoffs and quits remain low
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Welcome to a new week.

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Household income at the 90th percentile and the 50th percentile rose 2.8% and 2.6%, respectively, while household income at the 10th percentile saw no improvements (-0.8%). As a result, key measures of inequality: the 90/10 and 50/10 income ratios both increased.
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You can follow along with Census experts here:
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I'll be posting what I find to be the most compelling findings on earnings and incomes in this thread.

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Inflation-adjusted hourly earnings fell on a year-over-year basis for the fifth straight month in August, as higher gas prices wiped away workers' pay increases. #NumbersDay

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and were up 3.4% from a year earlier. “Core” prices, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, were up 0.3% month-over-month and 2.4% year-over-year.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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New claims for unemployment insurance remain low and steady
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