The Institute for Philanthropy sees something of a downturn in donations from corporations and from the "mass affluent" -the tier just below the wealthy.

博爱研究所也发现了一些来自公司和“富裕团体”——比富人低一等的阶层的捐赠下滑的征兆。

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Sorting the cyclical from the structural is tricky; and excessively gloomy conclusions can be drawn in the midst of a downturn.

把周期性原因和结构性原因分开很棘手，在低迷时期可能得出过于悲观的结论。

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Even before the downturn in energy prices and the world economy, the prospects of creating enough jobs for all these young workers as they enter the Labour market looked remote.

即便是在能源价格下跌和世界经济衰退之前，要在这些年轻人进入劳动力市场时为他们创造足够的工作机会都近乎无稽之谈。

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Those challenges included an economic downturn, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a promise to reform the health care system.

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has slowed slightly. Analyst say it's due in part to the economic downturn, tougher border enforcement and an increase in workplace raids by police looking for illegals.

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Many charities in the United States are facing tough times because of the current economic downturn, and program spokesperson Kendra Kielbasa says individual donors this year were more generous than anyone had expected.

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Federal law prohibits government funding of world fair exhibitions in the absence of express Congressional authorization, and in the downturn American companies were reluctant to dole out cash for the Shanghai event.

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"We are trying to do the analysis and engage in the discussion to say at some point the downturn in operations and the upsurge in capabilities has got to meet, " Hostage said.

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Especially in the lower half of the income distribution, households were insulated from the full effect of the recession by the fact that benefits and tax credits rose sharply in real terms during the downturn, and affect more of the population than they did in 1981.

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