The City had expected GDP to grow by 0.5%, in line with a forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in late November.

金融区原指望GDP涨幅为0.5%，与11月底预算责任部的预测结果保持一致。

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That is well ahead of the trend rate, which the Office for Budget Responsibility, now in charge of official forecasts, put at 2.35% in June.

负责官方预测的预算办公室曾在6月给出了2.35%的预测值，现在看来实际情况要好得多。

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) may be cumbersomely named, but the chancellor’s worthwhile purpose in creating it was to ensure that forecasts are made without ministerial interference.

预算责任办公室，名字也许有点冗长，但是财政大臣创立它的目的就是为了确保经济预测不受各部门的干扰。

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has made the same judgment in its recent reports.

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