A long period of above-average wage growth that goes unmatched by productivity gains will eventually leave a country at a significant cost disadvantage.

一个高于工资平均涨幅的长阶段但未搭配生产力获益，这将必然给这个国家带来显著的成本劣势。

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So to wrap up here, I think we're looking at a long period when prices rise and the cost of money rises.

综上所述，我认为我们将会经历长期的价格上涨和货币成本上升。

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However, there are many firms that have market power or monopoly power, which means that they can increase their price above marginal cost and sustain sales for a long period of time. [1].

但同时许多企业具有一定的市场势力或者说是垄断势力，这意味着他们能够长期将价格定在边际成本之上。

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Look for a devalued currency and a very long period of hardly any cost of borrowing money.

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Of course, if your aim is to dollar-cost average your share purchases over a long period of time, this is not a factor.

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The nostalgia is understandable: that pact was followed by a long period of strength for the yen and a boom for much of Asia fuelled by deceptively low-cost dollar borrowing and big inflows of Japanese investment.

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