On the whole, average weekly hours are far below their pre-recession level.

整体而言，周平均工作时间比起衰退前大幅下滑。

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They forecast average weekly hours to tick down to 34.3 (from 34.4 in October).

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The figure for average weekly hours worked is still dropping slightly, indicating further slack in the labour market.

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Average weekly hours of work did not decline more than in previous bad recessions and have begun to increase.

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