Japan's Real Wages Fall Most Since 2023 as Inflation Bites
Real wages declined 2.9% from a year earlier in May, compared to economists' consensus call of a 1.7% fall, the labor ministry reported Monday. Nominal wages rose 1% from the previous year, climbing at a much slower pace than economists expected.
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