PolitiFact: False on 'Flat Wages'
🪓 Scalped Oct 22, 2026 · On the record: Feb 5, 2020
The claim
At a CNN town hall in New Hampshire, Warren said hard-working families have flat wages.
The record
PolitiFact rated the claim False, citing Federal Reserve data showing wages rising since 2014, about 9.7 percent over six years, and a Brookings economist who said real median earnings had risen for more than five years. Growth was slow, but not flat.
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