Only around half of consumer spending is taxed at the standard VAT rate of 20%, a low share compared with other rich countries.

只有大约一半的消费者支出按20%的标准增值税税率纳税，这一比例与其他富裕国家相比较低。

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Smaller oil companies, meanwhile, do not have nearly the same financial muscle, and so cannot maintain spending at last year’s rate.

与此同时，规模较小的油企由于金融实力不在同一个档次上，因此无法将开支保持在去年的水平上。

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These efforts should continue to help boost consumer spending by reducing the excessively high savings rate.

这些举措将继续降低过高的储蓄率，促进居民消费。

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They promised to do their part to cut the growth rate in health spending by one and a half percentage points a year.

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