Karim Foda, of the Brookings Institution, calculates that labour productivity in the rich world is growing at its slowest rate since 1950.

经济分析机构卡里姆·仸达指出，发达国家的劳动生产率正以自1950年以来最低的速率增长。

In normal times, wage growth is mostly determined by labour productivity, inflation expectations and the presence or absence of labour-market slack.

在正常时期，工资增长主要取决于劳动生产率、通胀预期以及劳动力市场是否存在闲置。

At 4% wage growth, labour productivity (ie, the value of what workers produce per hour) must grow by at least 2% a year in order to be consistent with an inflation target of 2%.

在工资增长4%的情况下，劳动生产率(即工人每小时生产的价值)必须每年至少增长2%，才能与2%的通胀目标保持一致。

It is best thought of as a disease, one that affects around 30% of the world's population and carries with it a significant economic cost, in medical treatment, lost labour productivity and caregiving.

最好将其视为一种疾病， 一种影响世界约 30% 人口的疾病， 并带来巨大的经济成本，包括医疗、劳动生产力损失和护理。