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🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Why the rental market behaves differently than we think

In Poland, rental prices are rising faster than wages, making it increasingly difficult to find rental housing, even as developers deliver record numbers of units.

Mar 2 • 10:03 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Economic Situation: Real Wages Increased Again in 2025

Employees in Germany received higher real wages in the past year, resulting in increased purchasing power after accounting for inflation.

Feb 27 • 10:00 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Brake on mortgages? Deeds in CABA have fallen and only one bank concentrates the vast majority of operations

In Buenos Aires, the number of property deeds has significantly decreased, indicating a retreat from mortgage financing amidst a depressed demand due to falling real wages.

Feb 26 • 21:43 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Vero Lozano, furious against labor reform: "You have to be a real bastard..."

Verónica Lozano voiced her anger regarding a labor reform in Argentina, calling it empathetically lacking and criticising specific clauses that would reduce workers' wages under certain circumstances.

Feb 20 • 15:00 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

President Yoon: Investigate whether adequate wages are paid to environmental workers

President Yoon has ordered a thorough investigation into whether local governments are adequately compensating environmental workers, responding to concerns about insufficient wage enforcement.

Feb 19 • 12:11 UTC
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia
National & Local

As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them

The article discusses the stagnant wage growth in Australia and the implications of rising interest rates on workers' purchasing power.

Feb 18 • 14:00 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Workers go backwards as wages growth lags inflation over past year

New data from Australia shows that wage growth has not kept pace with inflation, leading to a decline in real wages for workers.

Feb 18 • 01:41 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

Manufacturing output decreases, but wages rise in Mexico during December

In December, Mexico saw a 0.1% decrease in manufacturing output and hours worked, while real average salaries increased by 1%, according to national statistics.

Feb 16 • 15:19 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Rising Costs Eliminate Salary Increases - The Gap with Europe

A report outlines how rising costs in Greece have overshadowed salary increases, with many workers facing real income loss due to inflation.

Feb 16 • 06:30 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

Chart of the Day: Real wages last year rose the most in hospitality, where the earnings are the lowest

Last year, real wages in Slovakia increased significantly, especially in the hospitality sector, although real income growth is expected to slow this year due to inflation.

Feb 12 • 16:25 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Inflation rise: wages have accumulated four consecutive months of decline, according to a government report

Inflationary pressures in Argentina have resulted in a significant decline in real wages over the past four months, with a government report indicating a 2.4% reduction in private sector earnings between September and December.

Feb 11 • 17:27 UTC
🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
National & Local

Real wages down 1.3% in 2025, negative for four consecutive years; nominal wages grew

Japan's real wages fell by 1.3% in 2025, marking the fourth consecutive year of decline despite nominal wages seeing their highest growth in over three decades.

Feb 8 • 23:30 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
Crime & Justice

PAM: We investigated the real hourly wages of Wolt couriers – 'This is really alarming,' says the chairman of PAM

A study by the Service Sector Professionals Union PAM reveals that the hourly wages of Wolt couriers can be as low as a few euros, raising concerns about fairness in compensation.

Feb 5 • 08:00 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Unions pushing 4 percent wage boost as real pay packets decline

Australia's unions are advocating for a wage increase of more than 4 percent to combat declining real wages, with the peak union body calling for action as strike threats loom.

Feb 5 • 02:49 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
World

The UN warns of a global stagnation in working conditions and fears a worse future

The UN warns that global working conditions are stagnating, with real wages not recovering from the inflation crisis and youth employment threatened by AI, while irregular work grows amidst global uncertainty without an increase in unemployment.

Jan 14 • 07:00 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

The common, to hell

The article discusses how politics has distanced itself from real-life issues such as job insecurity, insufficient wages, and the challenges of achieving decent housing.

Jan 9 • 04:30 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
National & Local

Plenković: Wages are rising faster than inflation, which is felt in the citizens' standard of living

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković reported that real wages are increasing more rapidly than inflation, which is positively impacting citizens' living standards, with the lowest annual inflation rate recorded in eight months at 3.3%.

Jan 8 • 10:11 UTC

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