TCT-FC-REAL-WAGES · Economy
Wages were beating inflation for the first time in years
Claim summary
Wages were beating inflation for the first time in years
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2025-12-17; occurrence documented in the linked FactCheck.org report.
What the evidence shows
Year-over-year wages had already been growing faster than inflation since June 2023 in the cited federal series. The improvement was not new to the second term.
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