Brian Bethune, an economist at forecasting firm IHS Global Insight, estimates business spending on equipment and software rose at a 7.3% annual rate in the third quarter.

经济预测公司IHS Global Insight经济学家贝瑟恩(Brian Bethune)预计，企业对设备和软件的支出第三季度折合成年率增长了7.3%。

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The decline was brought on largely by consumer fears about the economy, says Brian Bethune with Global Insight, an economic consulting firm.

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"We're starting to move in the direction of a more broad-based recovery, " said Brian Bethune, chief economist of Alpha Economic Foresights LLC.

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Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass.

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