The number of new jobs created was sharply down from previous months.

新增就业岗位比前一个月出现大幅下降。

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The service sector shrank again in February but at a slower pace than in previous months.

在二月份，主要产业服务业业绩又在大幅缩水，但和一月相比业绩略有上涨。

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Personal consumption rose 0.3 percent in May after falling or remaining flat in the two previous months.

在五月份个人消费在前两个月下降或保持不变后增加了0.3%。

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recession in December 2007, and follows moderating figures in three previous months.

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But just released EU statistics show the economy plummeted nearly ten percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the previous three months.

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Overall,it says insurgent attacks fell to 12 per day from 22 per day during the previous three months, while Iraqi civilian casualties fell 35 per cent.

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Private Bank, noted that some previous months' figures were revised higher in Friday's report.

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On a yearly basis, home prices fell, but the decline was smaller than in previous months.

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According to the study, Scotland's jobs market did improve slightly but not as strongly as previous months.

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