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real income
[ ree-uhl, reel ]
noun
- the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
Word History and Origins
Origin of real income1
Example Sentences
Those two headwinds have eased as inflation and oil and gas prices have fallen, and as wages have started to rise to make up for inflation and restore lost disposable real income.
And Gracie's homemade cake business is more of a hobby than a source of any real income.
Workers in the bottom pay quartile also saw median "real" income gains of 6% since 2019, more than the rest of the income distribution.
"It's true the recent cost-push inflation is lowering real income, hurting households and adding burdens to some smaller firms," Ueda said.
If inflation falls faster than expected, it will boost consumer real income and spending and growth might improve.
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