That brought the total number of jobless up to 2.4m, the highest since 1995. John Hawksworth, an economist at PWC, an accountancy firm, says unemployment is on course to reach 3m next spring.

普华永道经济学家约翰霍克渥斯指出，明年春季失业人数将达到三百万。

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However, the report's author, PWC's London-based Head of Macroeconomics John Hawksworth, is quick to point out that China and the U. S. are 'basically neck and neck' in competition for the top spot.

但这份报告的作者、该事务所驻伦敦的宏观经济主管约翰·霍克斯沃思(John Hawksworth)很快又表示，中国与美国在奖牌榜首的争夺上基本是难分伯仲。

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We also asked Mr Hawksworth to estimate what impact such a reform would have on income-tax payers.

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The Economist asked John Hawksworth, an economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accountancy firm, to calculate what that might involve.

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John Hawksworth, an economist at PWC, an accountancy firm, thinks it is likely to be 6.9% of GDP then rather than 5.5%.

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