But it is hard to apply to Germany, where unit Labour costs have been held down for a decade and where, if the economy does need to be rebalanced, it is arguably in favour of consumption.

但是对德国来说就不行了，十年里他们的单位劳动成本持续下降并且如果德国的经济真的需要恢复平衡的话，则应不遗余力的鼓励消费。

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Over the past decade, European firms have been much more successful than America in holding down unit labour costs and thus remaining competitive.

在近十年来，欧洲公司在降低单位劳动成本方面也比美国公司作的更好。

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China and India announced plans in recent days to reduce the energy intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade.

近日，中国和印度都宣布了在未来十年削减碳强度的计划。

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Over the long term, higher productivity growth and better-functioning labour markets are vital if economies in southern Europe are to regain the competitive ground they lost in the first decade of monetary union, when their unit labour costs soared relative to those in northern countries like Germany.

ECONOMIST: Free exchange

Sydney was 25% cheaper to live in than New York a decade ago, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

WSJ: Zurich Is World's Costliest City

Growth has been dismal over the past decade (Mr Berlusconi was an economic calamity) and unit labour costs have risen sharply.

ECONOMIST: The Merkel memorandum