In the longer term, it should strive to raise Japan’s trend rate of growth, which many reckon has fallen to about 1% a year from 1.5-2% previously, as the population shrinks.

许多人认为，随着人口的减少，其增长率已经从前年的1.5-2%下降到1%左右。

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It has fallen every month this year, and 17 of the past 18 months, so even a small tick up could be a sign that the trough has been hit, though it will take a few more months to establish a trend.

工业产值今年已经连月下滑，且过去18个月中有17个月下降，因此即便是微小的增长也可能标志着生产已经触底，不过要形成上升趋势还需要几个月的时间。

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Mr Barbosa says that the critics should look at the long-term trend, under which real interest rates (ie, after inflation) have fallen from up to 20% in 2003 to between 5% and 10%.

巴博萨表示，那些批评人士应该看长远趋势，实际利率已经由2003年20%的高位下降至目前的5%到10%之间。

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Sales of most newspapers - north and south of the border - have fallen substantially in recent years and the trend shows no sign of ending.

BBC: Scottish newspaper see sales slump

You don't look old enough to have retained these foolish opinions, but you do seem young enough to have fallen into the "mash up" trend and slapped together bits and pieces for a controversial little diatribe.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It showed that personal savings rates are still on a downward trend, and have fallen particularly sharply in the past 18 months.

ECONOMIST: The sorry state of saving