Abinader Says the Increase in the Minimum Wage Exceeds the Cost of the Basic Basket.

President Luis Abinader asserted this Monday that recent increases in the minimum wage exceed the increase recorded in the basic food basket, which, he asserted, represents a real increase in workers' purchasing power. "Obviously, the basic food basket increases with inflation, but the important thing is that the increase we are making to the minimum wage is above the increase in the basic food basket," Abinader said, citing data from the Centra…