But over the past week markets have priced in a number of rate rises later in the year from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England.

但在过去一周里美联储，欧洲央行和英格兰银行都传出将会在下半年提高利率的消息。

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Humanity's greatest accomplishment of the past five decades, declared Bill Gates this week, is the reduction in the number of deaths among young children by half, to 10m a year in 2007.

本周，比尔·盖茨宣布，2007年全球儿童死亡人数为1000万人，较半个世纪前减少了一半，这不愧为人类在过去50年当中所取得的最伟大的成就。

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Figures published this week showed that the number of loan approvals to buy homes was almost 40% lower in February than a year before.

这周公布的数据显示：2月份房屋贷款审批数量几乎比去年同期低40%。

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The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

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The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpected drop last week, to the lowest number since 2009 began, and 20 percent lower than at its peak earlier in the year.

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Scottish police forces have recorded an increase in the number of drivers caught in the first week of this year's Speedwatch campaign.

BBC: News | UK | Speedster caught watching the birdie

David Bowie's first album in a decade has become the fastest-selling of the year, hitting the number one spot in its first week.

BBC: David Bowie album scores first number one in 20 years

Turn on the app, and then check in to see your CO2 emissions by day, week, month or even year, measured both in tons of carbon dioxide and number of trees.

BBC: How big is your carbon footprint?