And though the economy has grown for each of the past two quarters, the unemployment rate has only just begun to inch downwards.

虽然前两季度经济都有所起色，但是失业率仅刚刚开始略微下降。

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Although some parts of the reef had grown, the overall trend was sharply downwards.

ECONOMIST: A new study puts numbers to the Great Barrier Reef��s decline