No wonder, then, that the spectre of the worst recession since the Depression led many to fear another descent into protectionism and a similar decline in trade.

因此自然而然，这次自大萧条以来最严重的衰退使许多人担心，贸易额将再次下降，保护主义又会归来。

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Yet with the pace of decline slowing, most experts focused on signs that the economy was recovering after the longest recession since the Great Depression.

但是随着衰退的减缓，大多数专家都说有迹象显示，自从大萧条以来时间最长的经济衰退之后，经济正在恢复。

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The revisions show that GDP has declined a cumulative 3.7% since the end of 2007, thus tying with 1957-58 as the deepest recession since the Depression (before these revisions, the decline was shown to be 2.5%).

ECONOMIST: Signs of economic cheer

Lott explains that in 5 of the last 6 financial crises, excluding only the Great Depression itself, booming economic growth during the recovery exceeded the decline in the previous recession by 6 percentage points.

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