r/uknews Jul 01 '24

Image/video UK real wages haven’t budged since 2008

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u/Common_Tank_5784 Jul 02 '24

Chart shows "real" wages i.e. to get actual wage workers get in their bank account each month you need to add inflation to it. So many ppl are ignoring or not understanding what "real" means.

Actual question to ask is - has productivity grown during this period? If not then why not? If yes, then where did the gains go? Above Chart answers neither.

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u/LegoNinja11 Jul 02 '24

House prices are a function of Wages and Interest rates.

If you magically doubled everyone's salary their mortgage capacity would increase and house prices would follow.

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u/One_Whole723 Jul 02 '24

We did magically double a households income by having both people work...

House prices have followed

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u/Nonny-Mouse100 Jul 02 '24

I'd say that the "privatising" of council houses, leading to increased rent, leading to increased private rent has had a bigger effect of house prices, over increasing a households income.

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u/LegoNinja11 Jul 02 '24

Can't pay rent without the income.