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Consider monthly data on the hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees in private U.S. industry, beginning in January 2010 and ending in July 2014.18
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(a) Earning is increasing over time. (b) Yes, there is a trend; earning is increasing over time. (c) It is hard to discern a seasonal pattern, though earning seems to be somewhat stable at times and then starts to climb rapidly during other times.