Higher capital expenditures might have bolstered productivity, a crucial economic yardstick that measures how much an economy produces with resources like labor and capital.

这是一个至关重要的经济指标，可以衡量出一个经济体用劳动力和资金等资源可以产出多少东西。

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SEPA did come up with an alternative yardstick, dubbed "green GDP" and intended as a joint measure of both environmental and economic stewardship.

SEPA的确提出了另一种衡量标准，叫做“绿色GDP”，做为将环境和经济管理结合起来的一个尝试措施。

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Cost management services to improve economic efficiency, the level of economic efficiency of enterprises is the main yardstick for assessing their performance one.

成本的管理可以为提高经济效益服务，企业经济效益的高低是考核其工作业绩的主要尺度之一。

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By any economic yardstick, Russia is a basket case.

ECONOMIST: Breaking Windows

The Fed is less likely to screw up in a moment of panic if it has an objective yardstick to tell it how to react to changing economic conditions.

FORBES: Federal Reserve Takes Another Step Toward Rule-Based Monetary Policy