In general, transfers have been well targeted to poor households, raising consumption levels among beneficiaries, and reducing the incidence of poverty by several percentage points.

总体而言，转移支付很好地瞄准了贫困家庭，提高了受益对象的消费水平，将贫困发生率降低了若干个百分点。

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Invented in response to the 1973 oil crisis, the new bulb was intended to help households cut down on energy consumption.

这种新式灯泡是为应对1973年石油危机而发明的，意在帮助家庭削减能源消耗。

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The Bank of England argues that the link between real house prices and consumption reflects swings in income expectations by households.

英国银行认为，真实房价和消费之间的联系反映了家庭预期收入的波动。

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The wage increase has, in large part, morphed into consumption, mostly in private households.

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This means that there is plenty of scope for a rapid rise in consumption, if only households can become confident enough to lower their saving rate to the 12% level of the early 1990s and use up some of their past savings.

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They find that a rise in the level of consumption of rich households leads to more spending by the non-rich.

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