depressed: a verb or an adjective

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Thousands of immigrant and Spanish families are in the same situation as a result of the severe economic crisis, which has driven up unemployment to the highest level in Europe, depressed wages, and prompted a raft of austerity measures introduced by the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of the rightwing People’s Party.

What is the role of "depressed" here? Is it a verb or an adjective?
 

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driven, depressed and prompted are all past participles attached to the auxiliary has. The crisis has kept wages low.

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What is it connected to and what does that make it?
 

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