This is a remarkable turnabout: in every previous year since the 1970s at least one suffered a recession, if not a severe financial crisis.

这是个不寻常的转变：1970年代以来，每年至少有一个国家遭遇衰退，要么就是严重财政危机。

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The financial report also showed its net profit margin at 12% in the first quarter, flat with the year-ago figure but down from 16% in the previous quarter.

财务报告显示，1季度净利润率12%，与上年同期持平，但低于前一季的16%。

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Businesses will spend about A$123 billion ($122 billion) over the financial year to mid-2011, a quarter more than in the previous year. Mining alone will account for almost half the spending.

公司将在2011中旬财年花费1230亿澳元（合1220亿美金），足足比去年同期多了25%，尽采矿业一项就占了近一半。

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As well as landslips, it said that 35, 000 potholes had been fixed since April, compared to 41, 000 fixed across the entire previous financial year.

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Although the number of claimants is down from 14 in the previous financial year, the actual amount paid out has risen by more than 40%.

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The Politics Show has discovered that council workers in Cumbria and the North East took a million days off work with sickness in the previous financial year.

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