"Our family will not die from hunger, but cannot be fed with this wage level, " she said.
她讲“我们家人不会饿死,但这个工资水平无法让我们过上好日子”。By contrast, a policymaker trying to target a stability price index would have observed accelerating wage inflation.
与此相反,一个旨在稳定价格指数的政策制定者,将会看到一个加速增长的工资水平。Needless to say, it must be higher than the CSSA payment, or low-paid workers would be encouraged to stop working and go on CSSA.
当然,最低工资水平不能低过综援金额,否则等于鼓励低薪工人放弃工作,改而领取综援。But the early years of a career are also essential and could influence pay down the road.
不过,早年的就业经历同样至关重要,且可能影响到今后的工资水平。In Egypt, the bread crisis is a symptom of a larger problem - one of stagnant wages that have failed to keep up with the cost of living.
在埃及,面包危机只是一个深层问题的表象而已。埃及停滞的工资水平没有跟上生活开支的增速。Trade between high-wage countries tends to be a modest win for all, or almost all, concerned.
高工资水平国家间进行贸易的结果往往是参与各方,或者说几乎所有各方都会适度获利。"The prospect of a higher wage bill is not the only increasing cost they face, " he said, adding land and raw material prices are going up.
“他们面临的不仅仅的提供更高工资水平的问题,”他说,“土地、原材料价格也在不断攀升。”In return for 40 years of contributions, it has agreed among other things to increase pay grades on which pension benefits are calculated.
作为对40年工作年限的回报,它已经同意提高工资水平,养老金就是以此工资水平为基础计算的。Sustained higher food bills inevitably put pressure on wages, already increasing by an average 15 per cent a year.
食品价格的持续上涨,不可避免地会对已经在以每年15%的速度上涨的工资水平构成压力。