Despite the recent gains, average house prices in most countries are barely higher than a year ago.

尽管最近反弹，大多数国家的平均房屋价格几乎不会超过去年。

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The number of hungry people in the world remains unacceptably high despite expected recent gains that have pushed the figure below 1 billion.

尽管近期取得的成绩有可能使全球饥饿人数减少至10亿以下，但却依然是一个令人无法接受的数字。

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The reason that companies have remained so productive despite the slowdown has a lot to do with one of the most celebrated efficiency gains of recent years: the so-called just-in-time economy.

公司在衰退中保持高效率和今年来最闻名的一项效率所得有关：它被称为“及时经济”。

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And yes, despite some recent strength, in a few short weeks in August and early September many of the stock market gains of the past three years have evaporated.

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