According the this report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), real earnings from April to May 2000 declined 0.3 percent. This drop may have contributed to the 0.3 percent decline in average weekly hours as well as the 0.1 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

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