The dollar value of deals in November and December is four times that of the same period a year ago.
11月和12月以美元计的交易额是去年同期的4倍。But the sharp drop in February compared with a year ago was unexpected; economists had been predicting little change.
与去年同期相比，二月份出口量暴跌出人意料，而经济学家一直预测说不会有太大变化。Crude imports stayed at elevated levels and coal volumes rose by more than a fifth from both April and a year earlier.
原油进口维持在较高水平，煤量需求较四月以及去年同期均增长了五分之一。Interest rates continued to be low and close to their US dollar counterparts.
港元利率持续低企，并贴近同期美元利率的水平。The slowdown in both exports and imports is at least partly due to a higher comparison base in the year-earlier period.
出口和进口同时下降，至少部分由于去年同期基数较高。That followed three quarterly losses, but was still less than a tenth of the $7. 7 billion the Wall Street firm made a year earlier.
前面是三个季度亏损，但仍较去年同期华尔街公司创造的77亿美元少了十分之一。Prices of global wheat futures hit records during the first week in September, about double what they were a year ago.
9月的第一个星期，小麦期货价格冲击历史最高点，这个价格是去年同期的两倍。The bank reported a third-quarter net loss applicable to shareholders of $91 million, compared with a profit of $498 million a year earlier.
该银行第三季度录得股东应占亏损为9100万美元，去年同期的盈利则是4.98亿美元。The decline was mainly due to lower food and energy costs, which have fallen compared with a year ago.
这主要是由于食品及能源价格与去年同期相比有所下降。