在欧洲，虽然工资控制使得成本下降，就业率上升(特别是德国)，但是它也抑制了消费者的支出。

In Europe, although wage restraint has kept costs down and employment up, especially in Germany, it has also kept consumer spending down.

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他说，“国家日常事务中已经对财权加紧严密的控制，可失业率仍然在上升，财政整顿会在逐渐平稳恢复中出现一些危机。”

"With households already keeping a tight grip on their purse strings, and unemployment still rising, fiscal retrenchment could pose a risk to the gradual pace of recovery, " he said.

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柏林——德国的失业率8月份微幅上升，达8.3%，但是得到了控制，因为雇主利用削短工时而不是解雇员工来应对这个问题。

BERLIN - Germany's unemployment rate edged up to 8.3 percent in August, but was kept in check by employers' use of shorter work hours instead of layoffs.

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