The factory is now operating short weeks, due to a slump in car sales. It shut down completely for four weeks over Christmas.

眼下汽车销售量下滑，工厂已经调整为非完整工作周，圣诞节期间关门整整四周。

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Its task is to keep inflation down (helping smooth out the economic cycle), to protect the financial system, and to prevent a recession turning into a deep slump.

他的任务是控制通胀(平滑过渡经济周期)，保护金融体系，和阻止衰退转为萧条。

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Wall Street is in a slump and the economy is down across the board.

华尔街低迷不振，整个经济不景气。

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Much of the slump was down to "particularly poor" sales in the last two weeks of March, according to UK music industry body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Top albums fail to stop sales dip

Its business is tied to the strength of the U.S. housing market, which has been coming to life after a multiyear slump that dragged down prices and kept buyers from the market.

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This drove share prices down 8% in the first two hours of trading on January 29th, continuing a slump that has brought the Russian stockmarket down by about 30% since the new year.

ECONOMIST: Russia fights a run