The contribution of net exports to GDP growth fell by 1.6 percentage points, mainly because imports increased sharply whereas exports were on average unchanged.
净出口对GDP增长的贡献回落1.6个百分点，主要因为进口大幅增加，而出口平均没有变化。
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Average annual earnings growth excluding bonuses - regarded as the best measure of pay inflation - dipped by 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 per cent during the three months to the end of May.
Late last month America's official statisticians cut their estimates of GDP growth by an averageof 0.3 percentage points a year for the three years to 2006.