In Swindon the number of people claiming jobless benefit jumped last month to 4, 350, over double the claimant count of 1, 795 in January 2008.
在斯文顿，上个月申领失业救济的人数上升到了4350，比2008年一月份1795人次的两倍还多。
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Instead, many commentators jumped on the likelihood of a double-dip recession and started drawing comparisons to the Great Depression and the slump that began in 1937.
但许多评论家集中讨论起经济二次衰退的可能性，并开始与上世纪大萧条及1937年开始的市场暴跌做对比。
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From May 2007 to May 2008, the price of food jumped by 5.1 percent, double the annual rate from 1991 to 2006.