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Slower wage growth, inflation could spell trouble for employee earnings

Employers added more jobs than expected in March, adding 178,000 jobs. That’s a marked improvement from the previous month, when employment declined by 133,000 ro

les.But the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest jobs report painted a less than rosy picture for worker wages, as average hourly earnings rose just 0.2% between February and March, the slowest rate in nearly fiv

e years.This slowdown could leave workers more exposed as rising oil prices and other inflationary pressures threaten

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