Worldwide, McDonald's low-cost food offerings continued to ride out the economic downturn, with a 4.3 per cent increase in global comparable sales.

在全球范围内，麦当劳所提供的低成本食品服务仍未受到经济低迷的冲击，全球同店销售增长4.3%。

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Nothing can be more demoralizing to people at the low end of the income scale-where great masses in that region reside-than increases in the cost of basic necessities like food and fuel.

对于身处货币流通链尾端的穷人们来说——在那些地区占绝大多数——没有什么能够比像粮食和石油等生活必需品的价格上涨更加让人沮丧的了。

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Just as importantly, neither of these fuels impacts food supply, the carbon footprint in terms of production is low, and the cost of each is rapidly falling.

同样重要的是，这些燃料都不会影响粮食供应，产品生产的碳足迹(碳耗用量)也很低，并且此类燃料的价格也在迅速下降。

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In practice, Brazil's low-cost food may be shut out by rich countries' trade barriers.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

The fund focuses on 8 themes: gaming, luxury goods, big box retail, popular low-cost food brands, rising incomes, real estate, healthcare and, lastly, the internet.

FORBES: The Asian Consumer Is Your Friend

The size of our government now extends to guaranteeing citizens low or no-cost housing, food, education and medical care.

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