Since the start of the euro in 1999 Portugal has been on average the slowest growing economy in the club, despite being its poorest member when it joined.

尽管当它加入欧元区时是最贫穷的成员国，但自1999年欧元启动以来，葡萄牙却常常是俱乐部里增长最慢的经济体。

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After the war, the Dutch economy prospered again, being a member of the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and European Economic Community unions.

战后，荷兰成为比荷卢(比利时、荷兰和卢森堡)和欧洲经济共同体成员，经济再次繁荣。

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Last year Poland was the only member of the European Union to avoid a recession and the economy still looks perky.

去年，欧盟成员国中唯有波兰以强健的经济状态避开了金融危机。

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U.S.unemployment jumped a half percent in May, to 9.4 percent prompting this comment by Austan Goolsbee, a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors: "The economy clearly has gotten substantially worse from the initial predictions that were being made, not just by the White House, but by all of the private sector,"

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Councillor Carl Maynard, cabinet member for economy, transport and environment, said: The pilot schemes in other areas seem to have been well-received by residents and businesses in the area, and the local police say there has been no increase in incidents reported to them.

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An undergrad staying up all night to get an A in "History of Byzantium II, 867--1453" isn't making himself into a more productive member of the economy.

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Mr Collins, who is the council's cabinet member responsible for the economy and the environment, said 75% of people in the scheme had been offered lower tariffs.

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