Regarding pressure on wages, I don't see it since as previously cited with supporting links, real wages are up 1.5 % only because oil prices fell thus cutting overall inflation rate an additional 1 %. (jaredbernsteinblog.com)
Examination of the five - year moving average core and overall inflation rates shows that both have been relatively unchanged since early 2016, and both are lower than they were prior to the credit market collapse of 2008. (baltimoresun.com)
In 2014, per person health - care spending grew 5.4 percent, well above the overall inflation rate of less than 1 percent, and the center expects spending to rise at an average rate of 5.8 percent a year from 2014 to 2024. (cnbc.com)