If it occurs, it will cut the nominal incomes of those (companies, public-sector bodies) that have to fund future pensions, creating another potential gap between assets and liabilities.

通货紧缩发生时，那些资助未来退休金的公司和公共实体的名义收入会减少，这引发了在资产和负债之间的另一个潜在的缺口。

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The International Energy Agency has predicted a potential seven million barrel per day gap between supply and demand by 2015.

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The International Energy Agency, an intergovernmental energy advisor, has projected an almost in conventional oil production by 2020 and the potential for a serious gap between supply and demand by 2015.

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The potential gap between supply and potential demand, however, is consistent with the views of other experts.

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But the court said there was a close link between employment and the exposure that led to the illness, and that upholding the appeals court ruling could mean a potential gap in insurance coverage for workers, especially those no longer employed by the same firm.

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Earlier this year, staff at the Federal Reserve also marked down their estimate of the country's potential GDP and the output gap in response to the surprisingly steep drop in unemployment.

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