Report says corporate profits and wage growth are out of sync
April 29, 2022
A new Brookings report found that corporate profits at five companies – Amazon.com, CVS, Kroger, Target and Walmart – were up 41 percent in 2020 as real wages for their employees grew five percent. Many workers are feeling the pinch of inflation as pay raises in recent years have lagged inflation.
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