就业率也有轻微增长，尽管公司更喜欢让员工加班而不愿意聘用新的员工。

Employment has also increased slightly, although firms generally prefer to increase overtime than to hire new staff.

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虽然整个欧盟的失业率只是轻微增长，然而个别国家的失业现象极为严重。

Although the jobless rate across the bloc rose only slightly, there were significant differences in individual countries.

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而供需理论此时也解释不通，因为采矿业的产量年复一年地轻微增长，珠宝的需求已下跌了13.8%。

Theories of supply and demand do not work, either. Mining production is slightly up year on year; jewellery demand is down by 13.8%.

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What's happened actually if we base it in the last 25 years since the early '80s We've just had two recessions and they've been very mild by historical standards and...two--now three long expansions in between.

实际上是什么情况呢,80年代初期以来，这25年当中,我们只经历过两次经济衰退,而且在历史上算是相对轻微的,其间则是两，三次长时间的经济增长。

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