Only around half of consumer spending is taxed at the standard VAT rate of 20%, a low share compared with other rich countries.
只有大约一半的消费者支出按20%的标准增值税税率纳税，这一比例与其他富裕国家相比较低。
Consumer spending in Britain (and in America) rose at about the same rate as in thriftier Germany during the second quarter.
在英美国家，第二季度消费性开支增长率与更加繁荣的德国相同。
Consumer spending is forecast to decline further as the jobless rate increases, despite a small drop in unemployment benefit claims last week.
尽管上周领取失业救济者稍有减少，但随着失业率上升，预计消费支出将进一步下降。
After a few months of vigour, largely driven by restocking and stimulus spending, global GDP growth will weaken to below its trend rate.
在重建库存和经济刺激支出的推动之下，全球GDP会有几个月的强劲增长，但之后便会回落到趋势增长率之下。
And for the purposes of investment decisions, the second group didn't matter; tracking its spending habits or worrying over its savings rate was a waste of time.
投资决策的目的，第二种人并不关心。调查他们的消费习惯，关心他们的储蓄率根本就是浪费时间。
Smaller oil companies, meanwhile, do not have nearly the same financial muscle, and so cannot maintain spending at last year’s rate.
与此同时，规模较小的油企由于金融实力不在同一个档次上，因此无法将开支保持在去年的水平上。
Consumers may cut back on spending now that the main rate of VAT (value-added tax) has returned to 17.5% after 13 months at 15% to counter the recession.
13个月来的增值税的主要比例为应对衰退定为15%，现在回升到17.5%，消费可能减少消费。
Pandit called for the U.S. to increase exports to China, and for Chinese consumers, who have an extraordinarily high savings rate of 53%, to pick up their spending.
潘伟迪呼吁美国加大对华出口，并呼吁储蓄率高达53%的中国消费者增加消费。
While it may be true that at the end of June we have only spent 15% of the stimulus, the rate of spending will not be increasing substantially from current levels.
6月底我们只支出了这一刺激计划的15%或许是真的，这个时候支出率不会从目前的水平大幅提高。
NBTA and IHS Global Insight expect most sectors by next year to start rebuilding business travel spending levels, at an average growth rate of 4.2 percent over 2009.
NBTA和IHSGlobalInsight预期到明年，多数行业会开始重新提高商务旅行支出水平，在2009年水平的基础上以平均4.2%的速度增长。
In a statement, Mr Bezos says he is “looking forward” to a slowdown in the company's rate of growth in technology spending later this year.
总之，JeffBezos说他期盼，今年的后期公司在技术方面花销的增长速度可以降低。
When the economy was strong, most consumers were cautious about saving less and spending more (the euro-area saving rate has barely budged in the past three years).
即便是在经济强劲的时候，大多数消费者对待少攒多花的做法都是小心翼翼(过去三年，欧元区储蓄率仅仅略有增长)。
If the Japanese were delaying spending, the household saving rate would have risen; instead, it fell from 15.1 percent of disposable income in 1991 to 2.3 percent in 2008.
如果日本民众确实推迟了消费，那家庭的储蓄率应该提高。
Tool shipments are running at a rate suggesting annual semiconductor capital spending of $40bn to $50bn, a level that has tended to cause meaningful rises in chip manufacturing capacity in the past.
以目前半导体设备的出货量计算，半导体行业的年度资本支出将达到400亿至500亿美元，在过去，这一支出水平往往表明，芯片制造产能将出现大幅度的增长。
Some bankers claim the system benefits debit card users, allowing them to keep spending when they are out of money. But interest rate calculations tell a different story.
一些银行家辩称该系统有益于借记卡用户，令到他们缺钱时仍能保持消费，但是利率计算告诉我们完全不同的故事。
One way or another, the BoJ should have a clearer idea about how much people have been spending—and whether to risk raising its key borrowing rate—from late January onwards.
无论如何，到明年一月末的以后日本央行应该对人们消费的数额有个清晰的了解——对于是否冒险提高利率也应有个清楚的认识了。
These efforts should continue to help boost consumer spending by reducing the excessively high savings rate.
这些举措将继续降低过高的储蓄率，促进居民消费。
As the output slump sends Germany's jobless rate towards double-digits, it is hard to see consumers going on a spending spree.
随着经济产出的大幅度下滑导致德国的失业率攀升到两位数，很难期望看到消费者大肆消费。
Consumers have shrugged off the housing slowdown thus far: real consumer spending is still growing at annual rate of some 3%, thanks largely to strong job and wage growth.
消费者迄今为止对房产市场的降温不屑一顾：很大程度上由于工作和薪金增长势头良好，真正消费支出仍然保持了大约3%的年增长率。
Safety nets needed as social spending declines, poverty rate rises in rural areas.
随着农村地区社会支出下滑和贫困率增加，需要建立保障网。
The board composed of health-care experts would be given a target rate of growth in Medicare spending.
这种医疗专家组成的委员会有既定的“老年医保”开支增长的目标值。
The board, composed of health-care experts, would be given a target rate of growth in Medicare spending.
这种医疗专家组成的委员会有既定的“老年医保”开支增长的目标值。
To sustain its catch-up with America, China needs to rebalance its economy away from exports towards consumer spending, which will require a rise in its real exchange rate.
为了持续赶超美国，中国需要将经济由出口拉动调整为消费拉动，这就需要人民币实际汇率提高。
To Ms Merkel's mind, the problem is America's borrowing and spending rather than China's exchange rate policy.
在默克尔心目中，问题在于美国的借债和消费，而不是中国的汇率政策。
To Ms Merkel's mind, the problem is America's borrowing and spending rather than China's exchange rate policy.
在默克尔心目中，问题在于美国的借债和消费，而不是中国的汇率政策。
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