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March 22, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Real hourly earnings fall 0.4 percent over the year

Over-the-year percentage change in real average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, February 2011
Component	Over-the-year percent change (p)
Average hourly earnings	1.7
Average weekly hours	0.6
Average weekly earnings	2.3
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)	2.2
Real average hourly earnings	-0.4
Real average weekly earnings	0.2
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Real hourly earnings fall 0.4 percent over the year.