The worst of the lot, this one involved an immediate freeze for 18 months on bank deposits making up 80% of the country’s financial assets. The idea was to force prices down by reducing liquidity.

最差的一项, 这项计划引爆了一段为时18个月的银行存款即时冻结, 受影响的数字相当于80%的国家财政资财.其本意是降低流动资金以达到压低价格的目的.

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It is difficult to envisage wages taking off when the public sector is shedding jobs and facing a two-year pay freeze and there are 2.5m people unemployed, close to 8% of the Labour force.

当公共部门正在减少工作岗位，面临两年的工资冻结，并有占劳动总量接近8%的250万人失业的时候，正视工资减少是困难的。

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Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

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This would force a hiring freeze and the furloughing of permanent staff, as well as delay spring openings of the park to save money on costly snow-ploughing operations.

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The government cannot force councils to freeze bills but it is offering to give those that limit spending rises to 2.5% the money they need.

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The force lifted its freeze on officer recruitment in April and a series of three intakes of recruits had been planned over the following 12 months.

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