We do not try to fine-tune the economy on the basis of short-term predictions.

我们不会根据短期预测而试图对经济作微调。

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But, more is needed to boost the role of consumption in China's economy on a sustained basis.

但是，要想促进消费在中国经济中持续发挥作用，还需要采取更多措施。

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On that basis, the size of China's economy is already close to America's and is likely to overtake it by 2016.

按这个方法计算，中国经济的规模已经接近美国，且有可能在2016年超过美国。

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After Tuesday's Fed rate cut - its third rate cut this year - most experts believe that another UK rate cut in on the cards - although the Bank will be careful to point out that it takes decisions on the basis of the situation of the UK economy.

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The US government has now revised its long-term forecast for the US economy, partly on the basis of these trends.

BBC: US productivity grows 5%

Decisions had to be made on the basis of unreliable data from a sophisticated industrial economy: government statistics in emerging-market economies are often even more unreliable, making the IMF's job that much more difficult.

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