Figures released on August 14th showed that the euro-area economy shrank at an annualised rate of 0.8% in the second quarter, the first such reverse since 2001.
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但中国经济在第二季度放缓,近期数据显示今年上半年经济增长11.1%。
However, Chinese growth has slowed in the second quarter of the year; recent data shows that it grew 11.1% for the first half of the year.
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经济学人即将印发的数据预计将显示,由于德国的蓬勃发展,第二季度欧元区GDP增长要快于美国。
Figures due out after the Economist went to press were expected to show that the euro area's GDP grew a bit faster than America's in the second quarter, thanks largely to booming Germany.