On Wednesday, the Labor Department reported that wages and benefits, adjusted for inflation, were down 0.6 percent in the January-March period, compared with a year earlier.

星期三，劳工部门报道，随着通货膨胀，一月和三月间工资和利润比去年同期下降了0.6%百分比。

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Joshua Feinman, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Asset Management, noted that the Labor Department payroll report indicated fewer hours worked and no signs of an upward trend in wages.

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