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As of February 2019, were US wages rising at the “fastest pace in decades”?

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81 8 The President of the USA, Donald Trump, told during his "State of the Union address" speech on 5th February 2019, that [...] wages in America are rising at the fastest pace in decades Source: at about 46 minutes on this video from YouTube. Note that this other Q&A (from 2016) might be relevant: Are wages stagnant over the past 40 years in the USA? Can this statement be considered true, and with what context (as affirmations derived from statistics are often oversimplified)? united-states politics economics employment share | improve this question edited 2 days ago user568458 ...