Cocoa prices have not kept pace with the cost of living.
He added, "You could raise taxes until the cows come home" and not keep pace with the cost of health care.
It was inevitable this should be so, with pay refusing to keep pace with the cost of living.
Wages did not keep pace with the cost of living.
The donations, however, have not kept pace with the cost of maintaining the 50-year-old stables.
Firstly, State pensions are keeping well up with the cost of living.
This means that income thresholds did not keep pace with the cost of living.
In some cases, a low income is not keeping pace with the rising cost of food.
Many worked hard all their lives, but their pensions and savings could not keep pace with the cost of living.
UK state pensions rise every year to keep pace with the cost of living.