The IMF cast doubt on small cuts in value-added taxes, such as that announced by the UK, as a way of boosting the economy.

国际货币基金组织对小幅削减增值税（如英国宣布的那样）以推动经济的做法表示怀疑。

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Fears of another British recession will be reinforced by findings from the OECD, a respected think-tank, which say that the UK economy has been slowing for at least seven months.

经济合作与发展组织的研究发现将进一步加剧人们对英国新一轮经济衰退的担心。这一受敬重的智囊团说，英国经济增速放缓已经持续了至少七个月。

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"The finance sector has one of the highest overall gender pay gaps in the UK economy," the commission said.

该委员会称：“在英国，金融行业的整体收入性别差距最大。”

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"We argue that such a lengthy period of uncertainty is not at all helpful to businesses seeking to make investment decisions or indeed the wider economy of the UK, " the letter states.

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In its report, PwC said that the level of global growth could increase by around as much as 3.7% by the extra supply of shale oil, which is the equivalent of adding an economy roughly the size of the UK to the total world economy by 2035.

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Second, the UK has a currency that adjusts to the competitive strength or weakness of the UK economy alone, whereas - arguably - the exporting businesses of Spain and Italy are forced to sell overseas at higher prices than they would ideally like because the euro's value is determined by the perceived robustness of Germany's formidable manufacturing capacity.

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