Higher prices means employees will need higher wages, pushing up costs for businesses.

更高的价格意味着员工将需要更高的工资，从而推高企业的成本。

Policymakers have long been concerned with the wage-price spiral, in which higher wages push companies to raise prices to compensate for salary increases.

长期以来，政策制定者一直担心工资和价格螺旋上升，即更高的工资促使企业提高产品价格，以补偿工资支出的上涨。