“There is nothing mechanical or automatic about the policy, and there are many links in the chain, ” points out Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics, a consultancy.

“关于这项政策，既不机动，也不自动，而且存在着许多关联环节，” 资本经济公司的顾问乔纳森•劳恩斯(Jonathan Loynes)如是说。

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"There is nothing mechanical or automatic about the policy, and there are many links in the chain," points out Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics, a consultancy.

“政策本身没有什么机械的特定作用或自动生效，并且整个过程中环环相扣”一名来自咨询公司资本经济的乔纳森•罗纳斯指出。

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The Governor will "be relieved that those forces that they have long argued will bring inflation back down appear finally to be asserting themselves," said Jonathan Loynes from Capital Economics.

伦敦咨询机构Capital Economics的乔纳森.罗伊尼斯说，行长认为，那些长期争论不定的力量将会缓解通货膨胀，这似乎最终也可以证实其本身的价值。

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Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics said the broad-based decline in output signified that the economy was likely to be weak for some time.

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Given the UK's more favourable economic position, "any eventual slowdown here will be less severe than in the US", said Jonathan Loynes at Capital Economics.

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"The fourth quarter's bigger-than-expected fall underlined the fact that, while sentiment towards the region has improved, the hard news on the economy remains distinctly weak, " said Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at Capital Economics.

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