31.   Union leaders criticized the government for introducing the price rises before implementing privatization measures and before passing laws on unemployment benefit and other social protection measures.

32.   The pact also involved ordering modifications in policy notably in the matter of price rises.

33.   Furthermore, the price rises were partially offset by increases in compensation payments on top of wages and pensions.

34.   He announced increases in wages and pensions to offset the price rises.

35.   There was broad agreement that there would be some sort of wage indexation, although workers are unlikely to be compensated fully for price rises.

36.   An alternative explanation for price rises, for example, has been to relate them to the amount of money in circulation or the bullion value of the coinage.

37.   Similarly, an unanticipated price rise will lower the value of real debt of debtors and the value of real credit of creditors.

38.   The gentle price rise gave way to a rapid one, especially for food.

39.   Throughout the period living standards were more affected in the short term by price rises than by wage movements.

40.   Clearly import prices rise after CU formation.