According to preliminaryestimates from the Bureau of economic Analysis, American economic growth continued to accelerate as expected in the fourth quarter of 2010.
根据经济分析局的初步估计，美国的经济增长在2010年第4个季度如期持续加速。
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According to preliminaryestimates, output grew by 3.5% on an annual basis in the fourth quarter of 2006, much faster than expected and up sharply from the third quarter.
据初步估计，2006年四季度的总产量比上年同期增长3.5%，远远超出预期，也明显高出三季度。
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Hurricane Irene is very likely to be the 10th billion-dollar disaster of 2011, breaking 2008's record for number of billion-dollar disasters a year, according to preliminaryestimates.