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Pb03 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

the meaning of a sentence..

Hello there,

I don't understand the meaning of the sentence below, especially the underlined part.

If there is anybody who knows the meaning, would you please explain some for me?

Thanks a lot in advance~!

pb

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The government wants to halt the indexation of wages to inflation.
  

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The government wants to stop the way wages (what people are paid) are determined, which is currently based on the rate of inflation. If you need to understand inflation, you need to look that up separately. If inflation is high, the increase in wages is high.

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  • The government wants to stop the way wages (what people are paid) are determined, which is currently based on the rate of inflation.
  • If you need to understand inflation, you need to look that up separately.
  • If inflation is high, the increase in wages is high.
  • If inflaction is low, the increase in wages in low.
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The government wants to stop the way wages (what people are paid) are determined, which is currently based on the rate of inflation. If you need to understand inflation, you need to look that up separately. If inflation is high, the increase in wages is high. If inflaction is low, the increase in wages in low.
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Pb03The government wants to halt the indexation of wages to inflation.

Hi!
This is how I understand it:
1. inflation is a continuous increase in prices, and, more generally, in cost of life;
2. "indexation of wages to inflation" means that salaries grow when prices increase (by the same quantity). Eg: if prices rise
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But you did a better job.
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