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Wages and Prices with Fexingo: Cost of Living, Pay Raises, and Workers' Purchasing Power

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94

Latest episode

2026-07-06

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Lucas and Luna examine the real-world tug-of-war between wages and prices, tracking how cost-of-living shifts affect workers' purchasing power across sectors and geographies. Each episode opens with a fresh data point from the latest CPI or average hourly earnings report, then drills into a specific case: a union contract negotiation in Germany, a fast-food wage mandate in California, or a tech layoff wave in India. Lucas brings the macroeconomic framework—real vs. nominal wages, inflation pass-through, productivity growth—while Luna tests it against micro-level stories from grocery budgets, housing markets, and gig-economy income volatility. They avoid partisan cheerleading; instead, they weigh the evidence on whether wage gains are keeping up with rent increases, whether minimum-wage hikes cost jobs or boost demand, and how different income brackets experience the same inflation numbers differently. The conversation stays grounded in named data sources (BLS, OECD, national statistical agencies) and specific employer examples (Walmart, Volkswagen, Starbucks). A typical episode might ask: When a central bank raises rates to cool inflation, which workers feel the pinch first—and does that trade-off hold up historically? For listeners who want to understand wage-price dynamics without the political slogans, Lucas and Luna offer the numbers, the context, and the honest uncertainties.#Wages #Prices #CostOfLiving #Inflation #PurchasingPower #PayRaises #RealWages #LaborMarket #FederalReserve #CPI #MinimumWage #LivingWage #UnionContracts #GigEconomy #Productivity #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcastKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo