This decline is a bit of a mystery, since job growth in the kinds of industries that tend to employ young people-restaurants and shops-has been well above the national average.

这种下降有点令人觉得奇怪，因为在那些通常雇佣年轻人的行业——如饭店和商店——就业增长水平则一直比全国的平均水平高的多。

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That is about the same drop as at a similar stage in the economic downturn of the early 1980s, and a bit less than the 1.5% decline in the early 1990s.

下降速度基本和上世纪80年代经济危机时持平，稍低于上世纪90年代1.5%的下降率。

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Nonetheless, I think we can see a bit of a slowdown in inventory decline picking up.

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In a new book which an ex McKinsey consultant and I are finishing off we spend quite bit of time on this decline but not death of hierarchy, a result of postmodern thought young people are taught at university.

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Despite their continuing price sensitivity, consumers felt a bit more comfortable opening up their wallets this year, although this appears to have occurred as a result of a decline in the savings rate.

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