Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully.

美国人正在偿还债务、增加储蓄，并更加谨慎地消费。

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Even in the depths of last year's recession Cognis was generating cash and paying down debt.

甚至在去年深度衰退下，科宁一直获得现金流和偿清债务。

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Over time, the headwinds of consumers paying down debt will fade. The process is about halfway done.

消费者会逐步摆脱债务压力，这项任务快完成一半了。

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The consumer not only lacks for nothing, but also is paying down debt or building up personal savings.

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Keith has been doing just the reverse: paying down debt, a bad strategy for 2007.

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You can act like what people are doing now, which is saving more, paying down debt.

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