National output fell from its peak in 2008 to its trough in 2009 by a staggering 8.6% in Japan, 6.7% in Germany and 6.5% in Italy.

（见表）国家出口量从2008年最高点降到2009年的最低额，日本下降8.6%，德国下降6.7%，意大利降了6.5%。

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“Between 1970 and 1998,” she writes, “when aid flows to Africa were at their peak, poverty in Africa rose from 11 percent to a staggering 66 percent.”

她写道：“西方对非援助在1970年到1998年间达到顶峰，而同时非洲的贫困率从11%上升至难以置信的66%。”

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Home prices have declined a staggering 30% since their peak in late 2006, and have barely kept up with inflation for the last century according to Case-Shiller statistics.

而据Case - Shiller的统计，住宅价格自2006年末触顶后，迄今已重挫30%，过去100年來价格升幅则仅勉强追得上通膨率。

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Every month this year more than 2 million people filed an initial claim for benefits, reflecting a staggering downward spiral in private-sector employment to only 108 million, 7.5 million off the peak.

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