What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 22 Jun 2016?
Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate ·
The real wages for our workers have not been raised for 18 years
Real wages had risen. Inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers were $8.14 in May 1998 and $9.19 in May 2016, up about 13 percent.
Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in 1982-84 dollars were $8.14 in May 1998 and $9.19 in May 2016 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES0500000032, seasonally adjusted).
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- Speech attacking Hillary Clinton at the Trump SoHo hotel, New York City.
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