If the Labour market remains red-hot, stubborn and creepinginflation seems all too likely-especially if (as seems probable) foreign investors eventually become alarmed and the exchange rate weakens.
如果劳动市场仍然过热,缓慢持续的通胀将变得非常有可能,特别是当海外投资者最终警觉,且汇率走弱时。
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The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent.
通货膨胀率已攀升至9.5%。
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But, whereas food prices drove the spike in Chinese CPI in 2008, inflation ex-food has been creeping up over the past year or so (see chart at the lower right).