A global slump in investment banking in the second quarter of 2011 slashed a source of profits that had sustained most major global Banks for the past few years.

2011年第二季度，投资银行出现全球性的经济衰退，削减的利润过去几年以来支撑着全球大多数最主要的银行。

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Rogers's remarks came as commodities prices, after suffering a big slump in the second half of last year and early this year, have mostly rebounded.

大宗商品价格经历了去年下半年和今年年初的大幅下跌之后，大多已经反弹，罗杰斯正是在这样的情况下说出这番话的。

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The economic slump is a second worry.

经济衰退是另一个担忧。

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Ishant Sharma had Morkel caught on the boundary before Harbhajan ensured South Africa would slump to their second lowest total at the Durban venue by removing Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

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However, there have been indications that the world's second-largest economy may be rebounding from the recent slump.

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But the infamous shoulder-slump soon appeared as he drove through the green on the short second en route to a bogey.

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