Box office analysts forecast 1.35 billion tickets will be sold by the end of the year, down on 1.42 billion sold in 2009.

票房分析师预测，到今年年底，将售出13.5亿张门票，低于2009年的14.2亿张。

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The economy is forecast to shrink by around 8% this year.

预计今年经济将萎缩8%左右。

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Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan sharply reduced its growth forecast for the year, from 1.6% to 0.6%, because of the twin disasters.

与此同时，日本银行因为这两次灾难而大幅削减了它的全年增长预测从1.6%下降到0.6%。

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The Thai economy is forecast to contract by as much as four percent this year, leaving as many as two million unemployed.

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But that said, our forecast for the recovery for next year,2010, is still quite muted,".

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"A year ago I thought the forecast of economists who were saying we'll be back into positive growth territory by the end of the year might be optimistic.

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Perhaps the current situation is not happy making, but the forecast for the next year looks promising.

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But that is a small change, relative to the big downgrade in the forecast a year ago.

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You only have to look at the profits forecast for the year to see how behind we really are.

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