Officially, GDP grew by over 4%; Dragonomics reckons it actually declined by 1.5%.

根据官方数据，GDP增长了4%以上；Dragonomics估计实际上GDP下降了1.5%。

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Seven years later, as the United States closed out the 1970s, it had actually declined a bit to 838.

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Though the murder rate has actually declined (it fell from 5.4 per 100, 000 citizens in 2008 to only 4.7 per 100, 000 Americans last year), Americans, it seems, appear to feel a greater need than ever before to defend themselves with firearms.

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As the unemployment rate has declined, it has actually worried economists that are seeing signs of a permanent reduction in the potential output of the U.S. economy.

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