Unemployment is down, profits are up — so where"s the wage growth?

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index posted a nine-month high in January as wage growth, low unemployment, and low interest rates continue to buoy consumers' spirits......»»

The risk of focusing on wage growth sets up the Federal Reserve to make the same mistake as it did with the unemployment rate......»»

Stocks slip midday Friday, after the Dow briefly rose to hit the 29,000 level, following data from the U.S. Labor Department showing job and wage growth was weaker than expected in December, while the unemployment rate remains near historic lows......»»

The economy created 145,000 new jobs in the final month of 2019, capping off the ninth straight year in which employment gains have topped the 2 million mark.The unemployment rate stayed at a 50-year low of 3.5%......»»

In a speech to the Cato Institute this week, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida made the point that the decline in the unemployment rate hasn’t translated into wage growth. Economists at RBC Capital use a chart to show he’s wrong......»»

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Wage growth has been dismal for many American workers, coinciding with record-low unemployment. The federal poverty line in America is $25,750 for a family of fo.....»»

Stocks & Dollar Spike On Mixed Payrolls Data, Bonds Undecided, Gold Down Low unemployment (yay), slowing wage growth (boo), retail job losses continue (ugh)... sparked algo.....»»

U.K. Unemployment And Wage Growth - No Room, Absent No Deal Brexit, For Bank Of England Cuts.....»»

By Amy Elisa Jackson With a healthy labor market record low unemployment and steady wage growth U S job seekers are in the driver s seat of their careers Employers.....»»

The unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in nearly 50 years, the nominal wage growth is the highest it’s been in a d.....»»

U.K. Unemployment Rate Lowest In 45 Years - Wage Growth Has Gone Missing Though.....»»

The U.S. labor market sprang back in March and hi.....»»

The pressure hasn’t reached a critical level......»»

Workers in Britain have still not seen their wages rise more quickly than inflation despite unemployment falling to its lowest level since 1975. Pascale Davies reports......»»

The unemployment rate stayed at 4.1 percent and wage growth remained flat, the government jobs report said. There is now a job open for every unemployed person in the country......»»

Treasury yields hold their ground on Friday after a key report on U.S. employment showed the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since 2000 even as wage growth was muted......»»

What"s wrong here? Unemployment is below 4 percent, but wage growth is still lousy......»»

Canada unexpectedly shed jobs in April on a drop in part-time employment. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at a decade-plus low and wage growth accelerated at its fastest pace in nearly six years......»»

One of the great mysteries in the U.S. today is why workers still aren’t earning more money despite the lowest unemployment rate in two decades. Normally companies would be handing out bigger raises when good help is hard to find......»»

With unemployment near historic lows, there seems to be just one missing piece in the economic recovery: Wage growth......»»