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Austrian minimum wages trail inflation

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European households faced continued inflation pressure as rising energy and service costs sustained price concerns, while Austrian minimum wages lagged inflation in four of five sectors.

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This paper investigates inflation convergence among European countries by using sector-level data. doi.org/10.1111/infi.12407
October 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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With analysis by me & many excellent folks: "Overall, if you look over the last year for all employees, people can buy less with [an] average hour of work than they could a year before"
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Wage growth lags inflation, making the affordability crisis feel even more acute
The lag in wage growth is unwelcome news for President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans heading into the midterm elections.
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October 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM

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"Inflation and exchange rate pass-through" is available at the Journal of International Money and Finance: doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin....
October 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Welfare costs of oil price shocks increase across countries with oil dependency, monetary policy reaction to inflation, and intertemporal elasticity of substitution measures. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.497...
October 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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La Niña-like conditions result in higher inflation measures, where the highest effects are observed on energy inflation, followed by food inflation, producer inflation, headline inflation, and core inflation. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...
October 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM