After two years of pay freezes, public sector pay will increase in 2011 by the rate of inflation recorded in the second half of 2010. The government made the announcement following an agreement with the International Monetary Fund which also involves the unfreezing of pensions. (Retail prices rose by 7.9% in the year to August, with the consumer price index registering a lower increase at 6.3%.)
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