Manufacturers are already coping with soaring labor costs, which have jumped by 30 to 40 percent in some coastal manufacturing zones over the last four years.

制造企业已经开始着手应对大幅上升的劳动成本，在过去四年中，沿海地区一些工业区的劳动成本已经蹿升了30%甚至40%。

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There are five practices related to financial information, which cover software costs, effort (in the form of labor), estimates, and actuals.

其中有涉及财务信息的5项实践，包括软件成本、花费(以劳动力的形式)、评估和有效性。

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We estimate that productivity will grow by at least 5% in the third quarter, which would lead to an unprecedented sixth consecutive quarter of declining unit labor costs.

我们估计，第三季度的生产率至少增长了5%，这将导致单位劳动成本连续第六个季度下降，这是史无前例的。

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Illegals have lots of fans, including many in business and agriculture (who like their low labor costs) and in the liberal media (which see them as heroic underdogs).

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Unlike major corporations, which can often absorb increases in labor costs, small-business owners typically have few options for coping with higher wages, particularly when the economy is weak.

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More to the point, if the Fed doesn't print too much money, an increase in labor costs would only result in a squeeze on corporate profits, which management could deal with by boosting productivity.

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