At the end of every academic year, when British school-leavers get their A-level exam results, a chorus rings out about grade inflation and indulgent marking.

在每个学年的末尾，当英国离校生得到一个A等级的考试成绩，有关分数膨胀和放纵的评分的声音四起。

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Core inflation, which excludes more volatile elements such as energy, fell from 3.1pc to 2.6pc, its lowest level since the end of last year.

通胀的核心，并不包括像能源这部分易变的因素，能源的通胀率从百分之3.1下降到百分之2.6，这已是自去年年底以来的最低水平。

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Until now, Mr. Todd had been predicting the market would fall 14% from today's level by the end of the year.

到目前为止，托德一直预测市场到今年年底会较当前水平下跌14%。

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"The international conference, the high level conference that we propose on Afghanistan, is one that should meet before the end of the year,".

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He forecasts U.S. 10-year Treasury yields to hit the 3.4% level by year-end.

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Despite the considerable and, perhaps, justifiable hysteria surrounding the prospect of the expiring Bush-Era tax cuts, this year-end, at its most basic level, is fairly consistent with past years when we faced prospective increases or decreases in tax rates.

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