A bank is like any other business - if its fixed operating costs go up, then so does the price of its product.

银行就像其他商业一样——如果它自身的运营成本提升了，相应地，其成品的价格也会提升。

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That sounds like a very appealing statement, but it turns out not to be true if there are high fixed costs to providing stuff.

这句话倒是很动听，但如果供货的固定成本较高，它就不那么适用了。

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On balance, firms that derive less than 10% of its sales through Wal-Mart averaged 39.1% in gross margin, or the percentage of profit realized before items like fixed costs and interest expense are considered.

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Doctors do have an incentive to see these patients, even at a low payout, because they've already met their fixed costs--just like an airline selling cheap tickets right before the plane takes off.

FORBES: Public Health

There are "worries and fears" in Southern European countries that their efforts to reduce unit labor costs under a fixed exchange rate will "melt like snow in the sun, " Ms. Merkel said.

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