COULD those who produce luxury goods escape the worst of the global economic slump?

奢侈品制造商能在最坏的全球经济衰退中独善其身吗？

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Although Luxembourg, like all EU members, has suffered from the global economic slump, the country enjoys an extraordinarily high standard of living.

像其他欧盟成员国一样，卢森堡也受到了全球经济衰退的影响，但国民仍然享有特别高的生活水准。

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Amid the global economic slump, only shoppers in South Korea and China in the McKinsey survey expressed in sizable Numbers that they spent more this past year on luxury goods than before.

在全球经济不景的大势之下，麦肯锡此项调研中只有韩国和中国有很大比例的受访者表示，自己去年用于奢侈品的开销比往年更多。

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Speaking in Germany, President Barack Obama said the unemployment figures show that the global economic slump is hitting the United States hard.

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The Asia-Pacific travel industry is on the rise after two years of hard times caused by soaring fuel prices and the global economic slump.

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warned of rising poverty rates if the global economic slump continues, and urged international financial reform.

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With the three state-owned carriers in China reportedly seeking financial assistance to cope with the global economic slump, the Chinese government's warnings would not be made lightly.

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And, crucially, Indonesia is weathering the global financial economic slump better than most places.

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