Real wages slump again

Real wages in the second quarter of 2001 fell by 0.3% after a 0.1% rise in the first quarter, according to the statistics office; wages rose 7.5% in nominal terms year-on-year in the second quarter to a national average of 12,064 crowns ($252) a month.

Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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