After 2000, the country's metal-bashers somehow managed to raise their productivity growth by another notch, to 5.1% a year, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

根据劳工统计局的历史资料，2000年之后，美国的冶金企业以某种方式保持年生产率的增长并达到一个新的水平，每年5.1%。

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Without the option of a currency devaluation, countries such as Spain, Portugal and Italy have no alternative but to restrain labour costs and bring in supply-side reforms that raise productivity, especially through the freeing of labour markets.

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