Property prices have fallen by around 20% since their peak in autumn 2007, pushing an increasing number of households into negative equity; some reckon prices ha30e the same again to fall.

房价从2007年秋季的最高点下滑了近20%，使得越来越多的家庭陷入负资产抵押状态。一些人认为房价还会再次下滑。

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There has been a slight fall in the number who reckon they are at either the very top or the very bottom of the pile, consistent with the move to working behind desks and in air-conditioned places.

ECONOMIST: Class

Advertising executives in Japan reckon the number of new beverages that enter the market each year runs into the thousands.

ECONOMIST: Consumer goods

Time spent from start to finish: two hours. (I reckon you could do it in one if you were more disciplined.) Number of wardrobe boxes ticked: four.

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