Global output per head is set to fall by 2.5% this year, compared with an average of 0.4% in the previous global recessions.

同以往衰退的0.4%的平均值相比，全球人均产出今年下跌2.5%。

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Predictions about the rate of unemployment by the end of 2009 are based on how high that rate went during and after other recessions, and how steep those recessions were compared to today.

对2009年年底前失业率的预期，是根据其他经济衰退期间及之后的失业率情况、以及那些衰退与现在相比的严重程度作出的。

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HSBC's capital ratio is likely to remain more resilient through the British and euro zone recessions when compared with other banks that have been forced to raise capital from governments, he added.

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One of the striking things about the recovery that we've seen so far in terms of job creation is that compared with previous recessions -- under President Reagan, for example -- there's been a significant drop in government employment during this recovery.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,