With the U.S. annual inflation rate at a 30-year high, economists and market analysts are spotlighting the expanding financial divide between corporations and their employees. In today’s inflationary environment, large companies are reporting greater profits and revenues. At the same time, Americans have witnessed all their wage gains from over the last 12 to 15 months eliminated. For many workers, real wages are down in multiple sectors of the United States economy. As the Omicron variant climbs to the top of the list of concerns for consumers, investors, and policymakers, the country has ostensibly given up on inflation being a transitory event. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell retired the word “transitory” during an appearance in Congress on Tuesday. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment fell in November, while inflation expectations for the next one and five years remained high. In addition, the number of S&P 500 companies citing “inflation” on …