Such increases work across the economy to slow activity, with less credit-worthy customers facing the toughest time, whatever the size of the companies.

这种措施会作用于整个经济，令经济活动放缓，信用低的客户日子过得最艰难，而不管公司规模是大是小。

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Economic activity might slow or stop, but prices will still rise.

经济活动可能会减缓或者停止，但是价格会继续上升。

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Disk is slow compared to memory, so excessive disk activity is the downfall of many applications.

磁盘比内存慢得多，所以过多的磁盘活动是许多应用程序性能低下的原因。

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Central bank policymakers said they expect a slow recovery in economic activity to begin later this year.

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Chinese fixed investment has plowed ahead despite the central government's greater steps to slow that activity.

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In short, the fact that raising tax rates will slow economic activity was not refuted, if you tax anything, you get less of it.

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They have seen the imposition of any measures designed to slow economic activity rather as they might look at a toxic-waste dump: vital for the greater good, to be sure, but better in someone else's backyard.

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