It's contracting so the Fed is trying to prevent a serious recession by cutting interest rates; they've been cutting them rapidly.

它在减小,所以美联储正在试图阻止一个因为利率缩减,而产生的严重的经济衰退；,但是他们最近一直在降低利率。

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So there's nothing inherently sinful about contracting ritual impurity.

因此没有东西是生来就因为仪式的不洁而有罪的。

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