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> 55% of workers say their pay isn't keeping up with inflation

If you apply strict mathematical interpretation to that sentence I guess that means that salaries are pretty spot on with keeping up with inflation.

I.e the rest 45% implicitly says it keeps up with inflation.

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Or not at all. If the 45% are exactly on the mark with inflation, then the average would be significantly below inflation. The 45% would have to significantly exceed inflation for it to be spot on. And of course even then it's little solace for the 55% that someone else is keeping up

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