The Us Commerce Department

The US commerce department said gross domestic product, which measures total output of goods and services, plummeted at an annualised rate of 3.8% in the three months to December.

美国商务部说，用于衡量商品和服务总产值的GDP在第四季度的下滑速度相当于每年下滑3.8%。

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.

上周，美国商务部批准了征收这些反补贴税，对于其中一家中国公司，反补贴税甚至提高到了44%，比初步征收额高出4倍以上。

In addition to the worse-than-expected April number, the us Commerce Department revised March retail sales downwards to a decline of 1.3%, compared with a previous estimate of a 1.1% drop.

除了不如预期的四月份零售数据，美国商务部同时宣布将三月份零售业绩调整为下跌1.3%，原先预计是下跌1.1%。