Like many long-standing economic relationships, "wage stickiness" is being tested by the savagery of the recession.

和许多长期存在的经济学关系一样，“保留工资理论”也正受到当前经济衰退的严峻考验。

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The labor market in China not only is imperfect competition, but also has some other features, so the wage stickiness is strong and the micro-cause is very special.

中国劳动力市场在不完全竞争的基础上具有一些特质，因而工资粘性很强并且形成的微观原因很特殊。

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Wage stickiness could stop inflation falling much below 2%, and could justify the expectation of many economists that short-term interest rates will fall no lower than 2.75%.

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And crucially, wage stickiness is asymmetrical.

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