Doing more than that, however, has little justification from externality arguments, and hence is a weak basis for public policy.

然而比这做得更多从外部效应的论点看则缺乏正当性，因此作为公共政策来说就根基薄弱了。

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Increased steel production can not meet the domestic demand in Indonesia because of its weak basis.

印度尼西亚钢铁工业起步较晚，基础薄弱，虽然钢产量有较大增长，但仍不能满足国内需求。

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The gold and silver markets are still technically weak on a near-term basis, which continues to limit fresh speculative buying interest.

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The gold and silver market bulls are still technically weak on a near-term basis, which continues to limit fresh speculative buying interest.

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On a three month moving average basis, IP remains markedly weak, declining 0.1 percent versus the modest 0.8 percent expansion in March 2012 and much worse than the 5-6 percent growth seen during the first half of fiscal year 2011-12.

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