They see the size of a country's GDP as the best measure of its economic clout, in which case the absolute rate of GDP growth matters more than growth in income per head.

他们把国家的GDP看作是经济增长的衡量标准，并且认为GDP增长率的绝对值比人均增长的数字要重要很多。

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The good news, suggests the Stern review of climate change, is that the economic costs of achieving these objectives might be as little as 1 per cent of global gross product.

斯特恩有关气候变化的报告显示，好消息是，实现这些目标的经济成本可能只需全球生产总值的1%。

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The ratios are based on a complicated formula that takes account of such things as income per person as well as the overall size of economies (Japan's misfortune was to be assessed on its economic performance before the recent downturn).

ECONOMIST: United Nations

When other countries are included in the full data, global FDI inflows declined by 8 per cent in the first half of 2012, as the economic recovery suffered new setbacks in the second quarter of 2012.

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In part, this decline has to do with senior Saudi Arabian officials noting the Kingdom is now pumping 10 million barrels per day of crude oil as it attempts to lower prices that could be harming the economic recovery.

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