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  • How much is inflation really shrinking your paycheck's buying power?

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📰 News we're reading

• As inflation eats up pay gains, workers fall behind (sanjuandailystar.com) — You'll spot Brandon in this story only as the backdrop for a Sam's Club photo, while the real focus is national: how rising inflation is again outpacing wage gains. It explains why many workers' paychecks buy less, how job-switching affected raises, and what that means for economic sentiment and politics across the country.
   

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