根据中央银行的说法，到2011年年中，首都加拉加斯的食品价格比最初开始价格管制时高出近九倍；工资上涨幅度则低于40%。

By mid-2011, food prices in Caracas, the capital, were almost nine times higher than when the controls were introduced, according to the Central Bank; wages had risen by 40% less.

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根据《欧洲中央银行月报》的一篇近文，欧元区单位劳动力成本在1999至2007年间上涨了14%。

Unit Labour costs in the zone rose by 14% between 1999 and 2007, according to a recent article in the ECB's Monthly Bulletin.

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整个区域的近中央位置有个钟楼。

There's a clock tower in the middle of this area.

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