The threat of wage inflation is piling extra pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates to an expected 4.25% on Thursday.

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Sadly, it looks more likely that extra money will trickle away, in wage increases and other inflated costs.

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Often they do that in a shadow economy -- a place where employers may offer them less than the minimum wage or make them work overtime without extra pay.

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The Italian wage-bargaining process allows workers to claim for extra pay if inflation turns out to be higher than expected, says Gareth Claase, an economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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It very well may be the case that sharing of wage and salary information would not lead to much or any extra unemployment.

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Real wage growth was 2.6% yoy, forcing consumers to take on extra leverage.

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Meagre wage increases (for those lucky enough to be in work) mean shoppers have little extra to spend.

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If your caregiver wants the extra income, you can arrange for him or her to work more than 40 hours at the wage you have agreed to.

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To get around World War II wage controls, companies began offering employer-paid health insurance when they couldn't pay needed workers extra cash.

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