JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims.
The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false…
Wage stagnation…
Trump took credit for workers getting higher wages under his tenure.
‘After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages,’ he said Tuesday.
Last year, wages grew an average of 2.6% — the same rate as 2016. And it’s still considered weak improvement: The Federal Reserve hopes to see wages increase about 3.5% annually.
Wage growth has accelerated somewhat over the past two years. It averaged a paltry 2.2% since October 2010, even though the economy has added jobs every month.
The relative lack of wage growth is a big reason many Americans still feel left out of the recovery from the Great Recession.
Verdict: False.”
-CNN’s Reality Check Team, “CNN’s Reality Check Team vets Trump’s State of the Union,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Jan. 31, 2018 09:46am