Higher insurance premiums push costs up even higher.

较高的保险费用把成本堆得更高。

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But Mr Trichet's concern is that higher headline rates could push up inflation expectations, leading to bigger pay demands, and so trigger a wage-price spiral, as in the 1970s.

特里谢先生担心，现在的情况可能如同70年代一样，更高的整体通货膨胀率会提升通货膨胀预期，引发大幅加薪的需求，从而引发工资价格的螺旋上升。

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The higher working standards will push up production costs for oil companies, both globally and at home, said Qiu.

更高的作业标准将推高石油公司的生产成本，无论是全球还是国内都是如此，邱说。

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To the extent that higher oil prices push up headline inflation and so risk pushing wages higher, the Fed is likely to have to raise interest rates by more than many people now expect.

ECONOMIST: Fuelling inflation?

Wouldn't higher interest rates push up sterling and make exporters suffer even more?

ECONOMIST: The economy

This is the basis of the Balassa-Samuelson theory which holds that average prices will be higher in countries with higher productivity (ie, high GDP per head), because higher wages will push up prices in labour-intensive goods and services.

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