Over the past year, in order to cope with the international financial crisis and severe economic recession, countries have generally adopted a stable financial and stimulate the economy.

年多来，为应对国际金融危机和严重经济衰退，各国普遍采取了稳定金融和刺激经济的措施。

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Net profits have risen by nearly 9% a year since the recession in 2001 and productivity has been growing even more rapidly than is usual during economic expansions (see chart).

自从2001年的经济衰退后，净利润保持大约每年9%的速度增长。而且生产率飞快的增长速度也大大超过了其在经济扩张期间正常的增长速度(见图)。

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Quarterly economic forecasts from both the CBI and the British Chambers of Commerce indicate the U.K. economy next year will shrink at its fastest pace since 1991, when it was last in recession.

英国工业联合会(CBI)和英国商会(British Chambers of Commerce)公布的季度经济预测报告都显示，英国经济明年将出现1991年上次经济衰退以来最严重的收缩。

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It has been one year since President Obama signed the economic recovery bill aimed at pulling the country out of recession.

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The Obama administration's efforts to combat the recession include an $800 billion economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year.

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Malhotra says the number of customers is down by half, compared to last year, as surging gold prices and the global economic recession scare away people.

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However, the German data was muted by news the European Commission expects EU, as a whole, to slip back into economic recession this year.

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If 2008 resembles any recent political year, it's 1992, when roughly the same number of Americans thought the country was headed in the wrong direction --mainly because of the economic recession that year.

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Meanwhile, the lurch from economic growth of 7% a year to a deep recession will throw many out of work.

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