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經济情况不断恶化 1962年是英国經济連續停滯的第三年。英国工业生产指数以1958年为100,1960年平均为112.5,1961年平均为113.9,1962年头十一个月平均为115.4。1960—62年,英国工业生产总共只增长了三点。去年10月份,英国工业生产还出現了一次大幅度下降,猛降三点,工业生产指数从9月份的118下降到10月份的115,这是五年来在一个月中下降最大的一次。在各工业部門中,制造业的景况更不好,生产指数下降了四点,从9月份的118下降到114,即下降3.4％。在各制造部門中,机器和車辆产量的下降情况比別的部門减产的情况更为严重,前者下降4.4％,后者下降12％。英国的一些重要工业部門,在去年都陷入了严重不景气状态。去年英国鋼产量只有二千零五十万吨,这是連續第二年下降。1961年是二千二百万吨,1960年是二千四百三十万吨。在1962年整个鋼铁工业的开工率只有75％。
Deteriorating economic conditions 1962 is the third consecutive year in which the British economy has stalled. The British index of industrial production, which stood at 100 in 1958, averages 112.5 in 1960 and 113.9 in 1961, an average of 115.4 in the first eleven months of 1962.4 In 1960-62, there was only a total increase of 3 points in British industrial production. Last October, there was a dramatic drop in industrial production in Britain, plummeting by three points. The industrial production index dropped from 118 in September to 115 in October, the largest drop in a single month in five years. Among all industrial sectors, the manufacturing sector was even worse, with the index of production plummeting by four points, from 118 in September to 114, or a decrease of 3.4%. Among manufacturing sectors, the decline in machine and vehicle production was more severe than in other departments, with the former dropping by 4.4% and the latter by 12%. Some of Britain’s major industrial sectors were in a severe recession last year. Last year, the UK’s steel output was only 20.5 million tons, which is the second consecutive year of decline. It was 22 million tons in 1961 and 24.3 million tons in 1960. In 1962 the entire steel industry started only 75%.