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Brexit has also played its part, contributing to a resumption in Britain's appallingly protracted squeeze on wages, and with it a surge in consumer debt.
He said this was largely down to a "deep and protracted squeeze" on many people's real incomes, as inflation outstrips pay rises and energy and food prices increase.
No one saw this protracted squeeze on the middle coming.
The most protracted squeeze on real wages since Nelson's victory over Napoleon's fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar.
This trend has been accentuated in recent years by the protracted squeeze on real incomes, which has made consumers even hungrier for a bargain.
A commenter on my last euro post asks a good question: didn't Germany once have a problem of excessive unit labor costs, which it cured with a protracted squeeze?
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While British workers are suffering the most protracted wage squeeze since the Napoleonic wars, rail fares in recent years have gone up at twice the rate of wage increases.
As startups grow and threaten traditional processes, misguided regulations like the Innovation Act and lackluster attempts at copyright reform, or protracted court battles can squeeze innovators out of existence.
A protracted silence.
They are also protracted.
Conflicts are becoming more protracted.
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