Wages were thus deliberately repressed: there were some real wage cuts but the majority of that cut in unit labour costs came from the normal ongoing rise in productivity.
Until now, operations at the joint complex have been normal despite the rise in tensions.
Extra gas - including supplies from Belgium and Norway - was necessary to meet rising demand after a 30% rise on normal seasonal use during the cold snap.
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One assumes that at some point things get back to normal and revenues begin to rise and the cyclical part of the deficit goes away.
Here is the dilemma: If interest rates rise back to normal levels, the cost of the debt becomes a huge issue, especially if the economy is under performing.
When rates rise to more normal levels, bond prices will drop just as the sun falls in the evening as it plummets toward the horizon as it sets in the west.
The fear now is that bonds may be nearing the end of a 30 year bull market run, and if interest rates start to rise to more normal levels, bond prices could fall quickly.
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But elsewhere, now that this incident has made the threat of external violence at endurance events all too real, you should not be surprised if registration fees rise faster than normal over the next 2-4 years as event organizers increase investments in security to ensure the safety of competitors and spectators alike.
But at about 2 pm EST, News Corp. shares started to rise on heavier than normal volume.
The total amount of fraud in Scotland has returned to "normal levels" following a huge rise in 2011, according to a new report.
While most normal people might have accepted their spectacular rise in fortune with gratitude, Edwards has run as "the hater, " as described by Rich Lowry of National Review.
Mr Funae says that bonus payments are returning to normal levels and salaries may soon have to rise, if only to keep up with the competition.
Greece saw overall deflation - on average, prices were actually lower than previously - instead of what is seen in normal economic conditions, in which some prices rise and some fall.
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Its capital ratios are sagging, its costs are ballooning, and it is massively exposed to a consumer credit market on the verge of reverting back to normal, meaning credit costs are expected to rise.
The chamber is pressurized with pure oxygen, and the pressure inside the chamber will slowly rise to about two and a half times normal atmospheric pressure.
Phillips' research shows that in the first few days of each month fatalities due to medication errors rise by as much as 25 percent above normal.
One possibility is that the economy will start returning to normal, in which case short-term interest rates will rise and bond markets will suffer.
In America, for example, the normal pensionable age, fixed at 65 in 1935, is due to rise to 67.
In the rest of the public sector the government is linking the normal pension age to the state pension age, which is going to rise in due course from 65 to at least 68, in line with increased life expectancy.
In normal circumstances, one could help protect a portfolio by owning more long-term Treasury bonds, which often rise in value when stocks fall.
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"There has been a rise in the number of cases of illegal activities in the stock market, which has undermined the normal market order, " the ministry said.
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