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Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.

工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。

Wages stagnated while business productivity growth remains strong.

在企业生产率增长保持强劲的同时,工资却停滞不前.

Improved productivity justifies an increase in wages.

提高了生产力理应增加工资.

In times as grim as these , stable wages and higher productivity seem like good things.

在云云严酷的时期内, 稳定的工资以及高效率也是好的.

High wages lead to investment in labour-saving technology; that investment means that each worker will be operating more powerful equipment and producing more; this process in turn raises the productivity of labour and tends to raise wages.

高工资促使人们投资于节约劳动力的技术，这种投资意味着每一个工人都将能够操作性能更强大的设备，使产量提高。这个过程反过来又提高了劳动生产力，往往也能提高工资。