march 3 reuters  the real average wage in slovakia dropped for a fourth straight quarter falling by 76 yearonyear in the octoberdecember period to post its biggest fall since 2000 the statistics office said on friday for all of 2022 real wages fell by 45 amid fastrising inflation the office said nominal wages rose by 77 it said the statistics office also said nominal wage increases were recorded in all sectors although below inflation average inflation hit a threedecade high of 128 in 2022 with the headline rate sitting above 15 in january reporting by jason hovet in prague editing by subhranshu sahu