This year economic growth is expected to slow slightly, to 2.3%, mainly because of the knock-on effect of the deceleration across the border in the United States.
今年经济预计增长十分缓慢,只有2.3%,主要是加拿大的邻国美国经济减速的回击作用所造成的。
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This deceleration came as no surprise; indeed, some recent forecasts projected an even slower rate ofgrowth.
但GDP增长速度放缓并不奇怪,实际上,最近有些人对GDP增长率的预测比这还要低。
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The sharp decelerationof the Japanese economy was due to slower net export growth and weaker personal and residential consumption.