However, given weak domestic demand and the prospect of a slowdown in demand growth in most overseas markets, carmakers are scaling back their plans.

然而，面对不稳定的国内需求和海外市场需求增长缓慢的前景，汽车制造商正准备取消他们的计划。

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Imagine, for example, that consumer demand is depressed in part because people fear the prospect of a wrenching fiscal adjustment.

比如，因为人们对未来将会出现的紧缩财政有所恐惧，所以一部分消费者需求会受到抑制。

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With domestic consumers squeezed by heavy debts, stagnant house prices and the prospect of sharp cuts in public spending, British firms must look elsewhere for demand for their goods.

国内消费者负债累累，艰难度日，房价一蹶不振，未来公共开支急剧削减。因此英国企业必须为其产品寻找别的销路和需求者。

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For that, it needs clearer evidence of a slowdown in demand, or the prospect that a further plunge in the stockmarket might threaten to choke future spending.

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However, with the strong gains already clocked by investors this year, some stock strategists were moving in the opposite direction, raising warning flags about the prospect for future gains on a day when demand for Treasurys rose, nudging the yield on the benchmark 10-year note down to 1.95%.

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Adhering to the public-spending plans set in last November's budget and raising taxes to lower borrowing, although an unlikely prospect, would dampen demand, so reducing expectations of higher interest rates, weakening sterling and boosting exports.

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