{
  "id": 2278642,
  "title": "Inflation Adjusted Average Hourly Earnings below February 2026 Levels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/inflation-adjusted-average-hourly-earnings-below-february-2026-levels",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:24:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Econbrowser",
    "slug": "econbrowser",
    "url": "https://econbrowser.com/archives/2026/08/inflation-adjusted-average-hourly-earnings-below-february-2026-levels"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "They’re all lower than they were in February … but deflated using CPI ex shelter (mimicking HICP), they’re down 1.4%. Figure 1: Average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers deflated by CPI – all urban (black), CPI wage earners and clerical workers (purple), chained CPI (light green), CPI ex-shelter (blue), AIER Everyday Price Index […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}