The sharp rise in costs - up about 23-25 per cent from the first quarter, according to analyst estimates - will add to concerns about inflation as oil and food prices are also rising rapidly.

随着石油和食品价格也在迅速上涨，铁矿石成本的大幅上涨——据分析师估计，将较第一季度上涨约23% - 25%——将加大通胀担忧。

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Rising raw material prices and rising minimum wages due to land inflation have resulted from increased economic activity in China – triggered by rapidly increasing export income.

因土地价格上涨导致的原材料价格和最低工资水平提高就是由快速增长的出口收入所引发的经济活动之增加所造成的。

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No reputable economist would have believed this growth--as well as our low unemployment rate--possible without wild inflation and rapidly rising wages.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

Faced with negative real interest rates, rapidly rising inflation, and a chronically weak dollar, foreign holders of US Treasury debt and other dollar-denominated holdings may begin to lose their nerve.

FORBES: An Inflationary Death Spiral

With the number of uninsured people in the U.S. continuing to grow and health care costs rapidly rising above the rate of inflation, politicians will be tempted to load health care costs directly onto the backs of businesses.

FORBES: Sick Solution