By curbing imports and boosting exports, a cheaper dollar helps shrink America's current-account deficit and wean the economy off its reliance on consumer spending.

弱势美元帮助美国减少进口增加出口并进一步减少经常项目赤字，并将经济从对消费的依赖中解脱出来。

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In all likelihood Britain's Banks will be given even more time to expand their deposit bases and shrink the nastiest bits of their balance-sheets, while being weaned very slowly off state guarantees.

英国银行尽可能的被给与更多时间扩展其存款基础，缩小资产负债表中最不良部分，其时国家担保也将慢慢减少消失。

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The turmoil of the airline industry over the last 20 years or so has caused many airlines to go out of business or shrink in size, thus laying off massive numbers of employees.

过去20年航空业的混乱导致很多航空公司破产或者减小规模，大量员工失业。

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In addition, it seems that banks are selling off bonds in an attempt to shrink their balance-sheets and meet new rules designed to make them safer.

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As the country gets richer and its working-age population starts to shrink, that growth rate is likely to tail off to perhaps 8% soon.

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In all likelihood Britain's banks will be given even more time to expand their deposit bases and shrink the nastiest bits of their balance-sheets, while being weaned very slowly off state guarantees.

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