U.S. Nov real earnings rose 0.6 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | December 16, 2003

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U.S. Nov real earnings rose 0.6 pct
Tuesday December 16, 8:31 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (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:   Nov      Oct    Nov03/02
.                   0.6      0.5      0.8
 Constant 1982 dollars:
.                   Nov      Oct    Nov'02
.                 281.92   280.16   279.63
 Real average weekly earnings, in current dollars:
.                   Nov      Oct    Nov'02
.                 524.09   522.21   511.73
 COMPONENTS:                Nov
 Avg weekly hours         0.3 pct
 Avg hourly earnings      0.1 pct
 CPI-W (urban/clerical)  -0.3 pct

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The full BLS report is at REAL EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 2003

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