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      Basically if number goes up, then that doesn’t really effect your company’s finances and they cannot afford a pay rise. If number goes down, they’re sorry but they need to lay you off.

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      It’s a stock market index, which roughly shows if the market is going up or down.

      In reality it’s more like a casino roulette where everyone is betting based on previous wins.