HSBC forecasts that global demand for heavy trucks of more than 15 tons will fall by 29% this year. It expects a 24% drop in developed markets and a 32% fall in emerging ones.

汇丰银行预计，今年全球对15吨以上的重型货车需求量将会下降29%，发达国家市场的降幅会达到24%，而新兴市场也会下降32%。

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The announcement threw the emirate and the global credit markets into a vertiginous free fall.

这一消息将这个酋长国和全球信贷市场一起抛入空中，进入了令人晕头转向的自由坠落状态。

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After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, financial markets continued to fall sharply throughout the winter as global output contracted and credit dried up.

在2008年9月雷曼兄弟破产之后，金融市场在那年的整个冬季继续暴跌，全球GDP急剧收缩，信贷枯竭。

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The situation has tipped global equities markets into a relative free fall, with anything remotely connected to nuclear energy taking a bigger hit.

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Other global markets managed to avoid contagion from Thursday's fall and futures prices were strongly positive when the market opened.

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Global markets plunged on Tuesday, and are continuing to fall Wednesday.

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