Germany made big strides in the mid-2000s with its hartz iv reforms that lowered the social charges on businesses .

21世纪头一个十年中期，德国迈出了一大步：批准第四阶段就业改革方案——哈茨四号（HartzIV），降低企业社保负担。

These have lowered perceptions of risk in the market .

这降低了市场对风险的感知能力。

Russia has lowered investment in kazakhstan since the crisis plunged it , too , into recession .

俄罗斯自从受危机影响陷入衰退后，已经减少了在哈萨克斯坦的投资。

It also lowered prices for consumers .

这还将降低消费者的支出。

It has also lowered expectations of actual output .

它还降低了对实际产出的预期。