Though some see it as a national misfortune, sterling’s slide will help to cushion the economy this year and pave the way for eventual recovery.

尽管一些人视其为国家的不幸，但英镑的下滑将会有助于缓和今年的经济状况并为最终的恢复打下基础。

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As NATIONAL output tumbled last year, deflation loomed threateningly over Britain's debt-laden economy.

去年，英国产出大幅下跌，通货紧缩的阴影笼罩着其负债累累的经济。

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As the economy slowly recovered, vacancy rates declined and national land prices and rents increased.

随着经济缓慢复原，房屋空置率下降，国内土地价格及房屋租金也开始上升。

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Brookings says the clean economy is twice as export intensive as the national economy, which has a big impact on global competitiveness.

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Donald Boyd of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public-policy research arm of the State University of New York, found that in the recessions of the early 1980s and 1990s state tax revenues declined at about the same rate as the national economy.

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