Not long ago a single Bitcoin sold for less than a dollar, but in recent months the price climbed to $8, then to $20, then above $30, before falling back to $18, the current level.

不久前，一比特币价格不到一美元，但在近几个月中，它的价格上升到8美元，然后到20美元，然后超过30美元，后来又回落到18美元这个当前价位。

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But, as the World Bank has recently pointed out, corporate profit margins in China have been rising, not falling, during the current investment boom.

但是，正如世界银行最近指出的，在当前的投资热中，中国公司的边际利润一直都在上升而不是下降。

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Business indicators have stabilised but this suggests only that the economy is likely to shrink at a similar rate in the current quarter, not that activity has stopped falling.

商业指标已经稳定下来，但这仅仅表示经济有可能在该季度以同样的速率下滑，并不是表明下降的趋势已经停止。

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Indeed, like Argentina, Italy faces a growing competitiveness loss given an increasingly overvalued currency and the risk of falling exports and growing current account deficit.

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