The Wage Watch

The missing variable.

₹41 lakh crore of new money either becomes GDP or becomes prices — and the professor's deciding variable is wage pressure at the lower end, which no agency measures in time to matter. You, however, are in the real world: you hire, you set salaries, you negotiate with vendors. Report what you see. Two minutes. Anonymous — no name, no email, no account id stored, ever.

Exhibit A — the note whose purchasing power this survey is tracking.

What are you seeing on the ground?

Your vantage point

Sector you see most closely

Where

Wages at the lower end — helpers, drivers, guards, entry-level, contract staff — over the last 6 months

Vendors / contractors quoting higher than last year?

Everyday prices you personally pay — groceries, rent, eating out, help at home

One concrete observation, if you have it (optional — a number beats an adjective: "cook's salary up ₹2,000 since March")

Nothing identifying is stored — not your name, email, sign-in or account id. One report per month per browser is the honour system.

Why this exists. Session 19's fork: if the past year's money-supply surge meets idle capacity, it becomes output; if it meets wage pressure, it becomes 6–7% inflation for two or three years. The professor, on record: "Where you can add to what I know is whether there is wage pressure building up. If not — forget it, we will be fine. If you see it building, this is not temporary." The full session notes have the argument; this page is the sensor.