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Global economic slowdown puts prospect of salary hikes in doubt

Clouds are beginning to gather over this year’s labor-management pay-hike talks known as shunto, falling stock prices worldwide combine with worries about a slowdown in the global economy to hurt corporate earnings and make prospects for pay rises look less certain.

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