No respite for workers as wage growth stays behind inflation

In August, low-skilled workers saw their wages rise by 7.58%, trailing 2.34 percentage points behind the 9.92% inflation rate, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data. This wage-inflation gap has persisted for 19 months.

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