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From 1999 to 2009 median household income rose in only five states, and in four of these the gains were driven by soaring commodity prices.

1999到2009年间只有五个州的中等家庭收入有所增长，而且其中四个州的家庭收入提高是受物价上涨的带动。

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Third was the deep squeeze on household and corporate incomes from the commodity boom of the first half of 2008, which almost no one predicted.

第三是2008年上半年的大宗商品牛市严重挤压了家庭和企业的收入，而几乎没有人预测到这一点。

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In it, the independent product review site listed 10 examples of household and grocery products that have decreased in size, thanks to packaging shrinks, in part due to rising commodity and energy costs, that is.

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