Coalition cherry-picks wage data

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By Leith van Onselen

The Morrison Government has produced analysis countering Labor’s and the union movement’s assertion that Australian real wages have been stagnant, instead claiming that wages have consistently grown at a faster pace than inflation. From The AFR:

In the five years since December 2013 – which captures virtually the entire period the Coalition has been in power, the WPI went up 11.4 per cent while CPI was 8.9 per cent higher.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.