U.S. Oct real earnings rose 0.5 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 18, 2003

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U.S. Oct real earnings rose 0.5 pct
Tuesday November 18, 8:32 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Labor Department monthly 
U.S. real average weekly earnings data for nonsupervisory
private workers outside the farm sector, seasonally adjusted.
 Percent changes are for constant 1982 dollars, which     
discount the effects of inflation.
 REAL AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS:
 Percent Changes:   Oct     Sept    Oct03/02
.                   0.5     -0.3      0.5
 Constant 1982 dollars:
.                   Oct     Sept    Oct'02
.                 280.34   278.88   279.05
 Real average weekly earnings, in current dollars:
.                   Oct     Sept    Oct'02
.                 522.55   520.67   510.38
 COMPONENTS:                Oct
 Avg weekly hours         0.3 pct
 Avg hourly earnings      0.1 pct
 CPI-W (urban/clerical)  -0.2 pct

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The full BLS report is REAL EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 2003

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Fyi...

[Izzy Dunne]

This is the effect of the Clinton Boom, almost three years later - what a guy!

It's SARCASM, dammit, it's SARCASM!