With labour one of their biggest costs—42 percent of production expenses on U.S. farms, on average—they started using a mechanical harvest.

由于劳动力是他们最大的成本之一——平均占美国农场生产成本的42%——他们开始使用机械收割。

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With labour one of their biggest costs—42 percent of production expenses on U.S. farms, on average—they started using a mechanical harvester adapted from a machine used by wine makers.

由于劳动力成本是他们最大的成本之一——平均占美国农场生产费用的42%——他们开始使用一种由酿酒商使用的机器改装而成的机械收割机。

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Two weeks ago, we unveiled a measure of the Chinese real exchange rate based on unit labour costs.

我们两周前发表报道，建立在单位劳工成本基础上对中国实际汇率进行了衡量。

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However gummed-up the labour market and inflated the add-on costs of labour (the economy's two biggest problems), productivity is still rising.

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On top of their lower labour costs, the mini-mills' electric-arc furnaces are much cheaper to build than iron-ore blast furnaces.

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Employers and trade unions co-operated to keep a lid on labour costs.

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