Soaring health insurance costs are quietly preventing wages from rising higher
FROM THE WIRE · FORTUNE.COM
If employer contributions had instead grown at 3%, which was the pace a few years ago, wage growth would be about 0.2-0.3 percentage points faster today.
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTNEUTRAL✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishRising employer health costs can slow wage growth, with effects on inflation and consumption.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01If employer contributions had grown at 3%, wage growth would be about 0.2-0.3 points faster.
- 023% was the pace of a few years ago.
- 03Health insurance costs are rising rapidly.