Adjusted for inflation average hourly earnings in the United States have been decreasing over the past 50 years. 30 year old first time home purchasers do not have the cash flow to buy homes.
Historically, when the U.S. economy grows by more than 3% adjusted for inflation the average price earnings of stocks was 15 to 20.
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The average income, adjusted for inflation, increased sevenfold during the Twentieth Century.
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The CAPE ratio takes the price of a market and divides it by 10-year average inflation-adjusted earnings, typically resulting in a less volatile gauge of current valuations than standard measures. 3.
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In contrast, across all age groups and education levels, government figures show that the average age-adjusted hourly wage for workers in production and non supervisor roles have, in fact, risen 3% in the same time period.
Lloyds TSB Scotland's report also found that the Scottish House Price Monitor, a quarterly index of average house prices adjusted for location, property type and season, fell from 290 to 287 between November 2012 and January this year.
Of course, this is risk adjusted and it is only an average across the economy.
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From the CPI-adjusted peak of March 2008, average UK wages have now shrunk by 6% to stand unchanged from five years ago.
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Shiller used the average real (inflation-adjusted) earnings over the past 10 years in his analysis.
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In 2006, the top 5% paid an average of 21% of their adjusted gross income to Uncle Sam in income taxes.
Despite the computer maker's top- and bottom-line growth, investors were disappointed in the shortfall in gross margins, which reached only 17.6% of sales on an adjusted basis, whereas analysts had, on average, expected 18%.
Once earnings are adjusted for this higher cost of living, the average Londoner is probably around 10% better-off than the citizens of the rest of Britain.
Seasonally adjusted, 12 percent of the owners added an average of 3.1 workers per firm over the past few months, but 11 percent reduced employment an average of 3.9 workers per firm, the NFIB said.
The accountant letter shows that over the 20-year period, the Romneys donated an average of 13.45% of their adjusted gross income to charity.
Adjusted net profit margins were at a 10-year high average of about 6.5 percent in 2011, compared with nearly 5 percent in 2010.
Increased operating costs, lower average realized metal prices and increased depreciation charges negatively impacted adjusted earnings, the company said.
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In addition, his adjusted ratio of insider selling to buying is 10% below its average level of the past 12 months.
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Over five years Simon Property Group, the largest mall REIT, has booked a respectable 7.5% average increase in earnings--in REIT parlance called "adjusted funds from operations, " or AFFO.
Here, for 2008 (as reported by the IRS and calculated by Forbes) are the average effective individual income tax rates, as a percentage of adjusted gross income, for various income groups.
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According to the National Association of Realtors, as of February 2011, pending home sales in the U.S., on average, was down 8.2% (seasonally adjusted) and 9.3% (non-seasonally adjusted) respectively on a year-over-year basis.
Unsurprisingly, the companies that received the most positive coverage had performed well before the stories were published: their share prices had, on average, outperformed the index by 42.7% once adjusted for sector and size.
Over five years Simon Property Group (nyse: SPG - news - people ), the largest mall REIT, has booked a respectable 7.5% average increase in earnings--in REIT parlance called "adjusted funds from operations, " or AFFO.
Continuing on a recent positive trend, as of June 2012, pending home sales in the U.S., on average, increased by 9.5% (seasonally adjusted) and 8.4% (not seasonally adjusted) respectively on a year-over-year basis with increases experienced across all four regions, with the slight exception of the West on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis, of the country.
The total cost would then be adjusted based on how sick the patient is and then compared to a national average.
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Oxnard, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, San Francisco and San Jose have vacancy rates that are well below the national average, and that are sufficiently low that we can expect inflation adjusted rents to continue to rise in these cities, making housing affordability even worse.
Tourism also produces lower-paying jobs: inflation-adjusted income in Hawaii has risen by 44% since 1970, compared with a national average of 68%.
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Adjusted for the less aggressive (and ever-more mandated) benchmark of consumer price inflation, average earnings fell in May for the 15th in 25 months.
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Minimum wages have risen by an average of nearly 22% in the two-thirds of China's provinces which have adjusted them this year.
Adjusted homebuilding gross margin expanded 210 basis points to 23.2% on the back of an increased average sales price, increased deliveries from new higher margin communities and reduced incentives.
One cautionary note, however, is that while the HSBC PMI is meant to be seasonally adjusted, it has only risen in June from May in two of the last eight years (on average it has fallen by 0.8 points), suggesting there may have been some downward seasonal bias in the way HSBC runs the numbers.
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