Inflation expectations have risen a bit, but there is no sign that workers have been able to leverage their concern about higher food and petrol prices into higher wages.

通货膨胀的预期又有小幅度的上升，但是还没有迹象表明上升的食品和汽油价格导致工人们对于工资增长的担心。

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But surely Mr Shan has a point: how can profit margins increase when wages and raw material prices have been rising so rapidly?

单伟建还明确的质疑：在工资和原材料价格双双上涨的情况下，利润率如何才能增长得如此之快？

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Despite higher consumer prices in America and the euro area, wage growth has remained subdued and real wages have fallen, which has prevented inflation from becoming entrenched.

尽管美国和欧洲的消费者价格较高，工资增长仍然是减弱的，实际工资甚至在下降，这防止了通胀的加强。

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Wages and prices have to adjust to something like their pre-bubble trends, Mr. Connolly says, to make these economies competitive again.

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As demand has surged, wages and prices have followed.

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If interest rates, exchange rates and fiscal transfers cannot be called on to deal with economic shocks, then wages and prices will have to do the job.

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