由于消费税提高，去年年底的预库存影响了结果。

The results are affected by pre-stocking at the end of last year in reaction to the excise duty hike.

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在去年年底的一系列洪灾之后，人们期望增大公共设施建设的投入。

Some increase in infrastructure spending was to be expected after a series of floods late last year.

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ILO估计北非和中东在去年年底的失业率最高，分别为10.3%和9.4%。

The ILO estimates that North Africa and the Middle East had the highest unemployment rates at the end of 2008, at 10.3% and 9.4% respectively.

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