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Salaries get chopped for many Americans who manage to keep jobs

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Americans taking pay cuts 'might have little, and in some cases maybe nothing, left over after that for discretionary purchases' Companies across the US are cutting salaries as they fight to survive the coronavirus, upending a key assumption in modern economics and raising another hurdle to rapid recovery.

The hard numbers won’t be in for months, but anecdotal evidence is piling up. On earnings calls, big businesses including The Container Store Group and Lyft have cited what they say are temporary salary reductions.

Federal Reserve officials also have found plenty of supporting evidence. The pandemic has triggered unemployment on a scale not seen since the Great Depression.

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