1. When the CommerceDepartment reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying.
上周美国商务部报告称，6月份的贸易逆差接近500亿美元，这引发了新一轮的经济末日预言。
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2. The Commerce Department repeatedly has imposed anti-subsidy duties on imports.
商务部多次对进口产品征收反补贴税。
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3. The Commerce Department and NOAA have denied the requests.
而商业部和NOAA对此申请予以否决。
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4. The Commerce Department says economic activity contracted at a 0.3 percent annual rate.
商业部表示，经济活动折合成年率收缩了百分之零点3。
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5. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.
商务部说，六月份美国零售额增长0.6%，几乎是经济学家预期增长率的两倍。
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6. The CommerceDepartment reported that retail sales fell slightly in February — again, less than forecast.
商业部表示，二月份的零售业市场稍微显得有些冷淡，但同样也没有预想中的那样严重。
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7. The big housing number of the week will come on Tuesday when the Commerce Department reports on housing starts for June.
最重要的房产数据是商业部将于周二公布的有关六月份住房开工数报告。
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8. The CommerceDepartment announced this week that America ran a $17.8 billion travel surplus in 2007, more than double the 2006 figure.
美国商务部在本周宣称，美国在2007年收获178亿美元旅游盈利，多于前一年的两倍。
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9. Shares of many department stores ended higher after the Commerce Department offered a note of hope from the battered retail sector.
受商贸部发布的一份刺激萎靡零售市场的备忘录的影响，大部分零售业公司的股份都以较高的价格收盘。
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10. In the latest positive signal, the Commerce Department reported that home construction rose last month to the highest level since April.
最近市场显示出积极信号，美国商务部宣布，8月份美国房屋开建量创下4月以来最高水平。
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11. The CommerceDepartment says consumer spending, once tweaked to take out the effect of inflation, was flat in January — just as it was in December.
12. Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that new home construction plummeted to an all-time low, down 17 percent in January from the previous month.
与此同时，美国商务部报告，新房建造率下降到最低点。一月份新房建造比前一个月下降了17%。
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13. In a separate report, the Commerce Department said retail sales rose in December for the sixth month in a row, driven by gains in automobile and furniture sales.
14. Also, the CommerceDepartment reported that November orders for long-lasting manufactured goods excluding transportation rose by the largest amount in eight months.
美国商务部还公布，美国11月份耐用品订单除去交通产品后，创下8个月来最大增幅。
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15. The Commerce Department is reporting more bad news on that front, with new home sales dropping nearly three percent in November to the slowest pace recorded in 17 years.
16. Wages and salaries rose by 3%, while corporate profits fell by 9%, from the third quarter of 2007 through the third quarter of 2008, according to Commerce Department data.
17. Another release, from the Commerce Department, will probably show that U.S. factory orders increased 0.2 percent in July, following a 1.2 percent decline the prior month.
18. The CommerceDepartment said Wednesday retail sales dropped by 1.2 percent last month. It was the biggest decline in three years, and almost double what experts were expecting.
19. The CommerceDepartment ought to have warned the car firms to take steps to protect their working capital, given no prospect for a sharp turnaround in the immediate future.
20. In 1963, the U.S. Commerce Department said even in an article that 80% of claims come from only 20% of clients and that 80% of revenue comes only from the sale of 20% of revenue.
21. Last week the US Commerce Department confirmed the duties and in the case of one Chinese company raised them to 44 per cent, more than four times higher than its preliminary levy.
22. Last week the US Commerce Department confirmed the duties and in the case of one Chinese company raised them to 44 per cent, more than four times higher than its preliminary levy.
