{"id":2125,"date":"2021-10-31T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthtrade.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2021-10-31T21:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:19:35","slug":"will-rising-wages-really-pressure-the-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/depth\/will-rising-wages-really-pressure-the-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Will rising Wages really Pressure the Stock Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Labor shortages are currently a global phenomenon. Wages are rising accordingly, not only because of inflation adjustments. Conversely, this increases costs for companies. Is this situation turning into a problem for the market?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Employees have not been in as good a position as they are today for decades. Despite low unemployment in the USA and many European countries, wages hardly rose at all. Employees did not participate properly in the upswing. In some countries, real wages even continued to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This has come to an end since the start of the pandemic. Wages are rising faster than they have in decades. This is true even after deducting inflation.<\/strong> The reason for this is a discrepancy between the demand for and supply of labor. Companies are desperately looking for employees, but candidates are reluctant to offer their labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The extent of this discrepancy varies from country to country. It is particularly pronounced in the USA. Many households were able to save a lot during the first 18 months of the pandemic, not least because of cash gifts from the government. Currently, there is limited pressure to find a job right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, many job openings are not attractive. Many are no longer willing to work three jobs at minimum wages just to survive. Companies have to offer more. To a certain extent, they had to do so even before the crisis. The crisis has merely accelerated the trend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This ends a trend that began in the 1970s.<\/strong> Productivity has been rising since the 1970s. However, real wages have not been able to keep pace (chart 1<\/strong>). Workers benefited little from the fact that it was possible to produce more with the same amount of resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n