While the local economy began to recover, the rental index increased, and the housing affordability ratio and the real wage index dropped.

在经济开始复苏的同时，租金指数上升，港人的房屋负担能力及实质工资则比前一年下跌。

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The real wage index, obtained by deflating the nominal wage index by the consumer price index (a), indicates changes in the purchasing power of the amount of wages earned.

实质工资指数是从名义工资指数中，按甲类消费物价指数的变幅，扣除通胀的影响而得出，可显示工资金额购买力的转变。

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While the local economy continues to grow, the findings have shown a slight decrease in index of current economic conditions and real wage, while the real rental index increased.

虽然经济普遍向好，但经济现况指数及实质工资指数轻微下调。租金指数则较去年上升。

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Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages above the federal level, and 10 states index their minimum wage to inflation to automatically rise with the cost of living.

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The increase for a coming year is based on inflation between the third quarter of the prior year and the third quarter of the current year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W. In the third quarter of 2008 energy prices and the CPI-W spiked, giving beneficiaries a hefty 5.8 % COLA for 2009.

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The union wants wage increases tied to the Consumer Price Index, a federal government measure of inflation.

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