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Which country is that? And who made that excuse that you quoted about inflation? That sounds like something that would be very weird for a private employer to say; so I assume you might be in the public sector, or something with very highly regulated wages?

> I only got 3% raise because having higher raise would "increase inflation".

You only got 3% because you were not able or willing to find a buyer to give you more than 3%. Any other reason is just the buyer being polite.

Obviously, this works both ways too.

> Last years inflation was 10% in my country

This is a conversation about America, not your country.