In such circumstances it's hard to imagine that commodity prices will do anything but rise. "Labor costs are the biggest hidden threat to commodity prices at the moment," Yeh Wan-an points out.
「雖然現在經濟『退燒』，人力需求不如過去緊俏，但工資具有僵硬性，要減薪是非常不可能的事」，行政院主計處第三局局長韋端說。「人力成本是目前物價最大的隱憂」，葉萬安也提出警告。