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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an early parliamentary election, 2 years ahead of schedule.
At a press conference today, Abe also announced that he would dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 and decided1 to postpone2 the second round sales tax hike by 18 months.
Japan's economy has shrunk in each of the two quarters since April when the sales tax was hiked from 5 to 8 percent. Two consecutive3 quarters of negative growth officially puts Japan's economy in recession.
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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postpone
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v.延期,推迟 | |
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consecutive
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adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的 | |
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adverse
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adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的 | |
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fiscal
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adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的 | |
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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