去年学费平均涨幅是4.6%，虽然是12年里增幅最低的一次，但仍然是通货膨胀指数的两倍多。
Last year tuition rose an average of 4.6%, the lowest jump in 12 years-but still more than twice the rate of inflation.
在今年最低工资标准大幅提高之前，过去两年最低工资已出现类似涨幅。
The hefty rise in minimum wages this year comes on top of similar gains in the past two years.
设定最低工资的半官方机构低收入委员会对此观点提出质疑，但是在过去的几年里讲最低工资的上涨幅度放慢了一些。
The Low Pay Commission, the quango which sets the floor wage, contests this notion, but has been raising it at a more moderate pace in the past couple of years.
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