But amid growing talk that the first budding signs of recovery are emerging, a reduction in the year-on-year rate of economic contraction can be considered a sign of progress.

• 不过在越来越多的谈到首次经济开始复苏的迹象正在显现时，与去年同期相比经济收缩的速度降低可以被视为一个回暖的迹象。