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Government loosens rules to aid workers and merchants
The government moves to let wage increases up to about ten percent from a year earlier and permit merchants to raise markups to sustain profits while keeping price freezes in place. Farmers seek price relief and higher production, manufacturers push for higher selling prices, and textiles await relaxed policies as the price-wage control creates a tug between consumers and producers.
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