He's doing a U-turn and forecasting 1% growth this year after earlier predicting a 2% drop.

他来了个180度大转弯，早先预言今年会有2%的下降，现在又预言会有1%的增长。

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The second recession shows an annual drop of 2% in 1958 and a 6% increase in 1959.

第二个衰退在1958年出现了2%的下降，但在1959年出现了6%的上升。

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The final recession shows an annual drop of 2% in 1960, an increase of 2% in 1961, and an increase of 4.5% in the year following the recession.

最后一个衰退在1960年出现了2%的下降，1961年增长2%，在衰退结束后的第一年增长了4.5%。

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Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

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Two, so now let me drop down 2.

，把2写下来。

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So, we paid one dividend and I don't know how much excitement it generated, but that's the Does this mean that share price will drop by $2 after a $2 dividend?

所以我们分了一次红,我不知道这引起了多大的兴奋,但这是,分了两美元股利后,是不是每股价格就会下降两美元

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It was decreasing by 7.9 percent per year three years ago and continues to drop 2.7 percent in the current year.

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Nevertheless, a survey of 100 economists painted a bleak picture of housing, as they expected prices to drop 2.5% this year, and then only rise 1.1% through 2015.

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Germany - the largest economy in Europe and one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world - saw its car sales drop 2.9% in 2012 compared with the previous year.

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