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Rising health insurance costs may take a bite out of your paycheck

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The cost of health insurance for employers is going up due to the introduction of new drugs, rising wages for healthcare workers, and an aging workforce says Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, in this audio interview.
Rising health insurance costs may take a bite out of your paycheck

Why the Bureau of Economic Analysis is updating how it calculates inflation

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“These measures of what inflation is are part of what the Federal Reserve looks at when it sets interest rates,” explains Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, in this audio interview about this year’s changes to how the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates inflation.
Why the Bureau of Economic Analysis is updating how it calculates inflation

What happens when wages grow at the same rate as inflation

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Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, explains how stagnant real earnings and reduced job-changing are affecting worker purchasing power.
What happens when wages grow at the same rate as inflation