Consumer spending is forecast to decline further as the jobless rate increases, despite a small drop in unemployment benefit claims last week.

尽管上周领取失业救济者稍有减少，但随着失业率上升，预计消费支出将进一步下降。

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And unemployment is relatively low: 2.2% of residents in the greater Cambridge area were claiming job-seeker's allowance (the main unemployment benefit) in June, less than Britain's 3.8%.

失业率也相对较低：6月时，大剑桥地区有2.2%的居民在领取求职者津贴(最主要的失业补贴)，低于整个英国的3.8%。

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He attributes this in part to the extension of unemployment benefit to 99 weeks from the normal 26 weeks.

他将此部分归因于失业救济金从正常的26个星期延长到99周。

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Take cuts in unemployment benefit, which spur the jobless to find work.

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There, deep cuts in unemployment benefit and sickness pay have been made, while limited labour-market reforms have helped push down unemployment to little more than half German levels.

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This sentiment is not difficult to understand during a time when unemployment is close to 10%, those unemployed for durations longer than 2 years is increasing, an the extensions in unemployment benefit programs are set to expire for 800, 000 million Americans this month.

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