The household contract responsibility system does not mean privatization of the rural economy.

家庭联产承包制并不意味着农村经济私有化。

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In Russia, the rouble slid as the Kremlin forecast that the economy would contract by 2.2% this year.

在俄罗斯，克里姆林宫预测俄罗斯经济增长速度会减少2.2%，使得卢布迅速下跌。

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Japan's economy is expected to contract by 6% this year, making it the worst-hit among rich countries.

日本今年预期经济收缩将达6%，这在发达国家算是重灾区。

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The Thai economy is forecast to contract by as much as four percent this year, leaving as many as two million unemployed.

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The European Union predicts the German economy, Europe's largest, is likely to contract by 5.4 percent this year, a larger decline than the EU average.

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Moreover, these incentives do not just expand or contract the economy by the amount of any tax cut or tax increase.

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Moreover, these incentives do not just expand or contract the economy by the amount of any tax cut or tax increase, as a Keynesian stimulus purports to do.

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After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real growth in GDP averaging over 5% annually during 1995-2007.

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