Japan's real wages fall 0.1 pct in September, down for 2 straight months

NAMPA / Xinhua

2024-11-07

TOKYO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's real wages fell 0.1 percent in September from a year earlier, down for the second consecutive month, as wage growth failed to keep pace with price increases, government data showed Thursday. Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumer purchasing power, decreased at a slower rate, compared with a revised 0.8 percent drop in August, as price gains slowed after the government resumed subsidies to reduc......

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