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Another way to gauge performance is to look at net inflows.
另一種判定其表現的方法是觀測凈流入。
Those to Germany from other EU states have risen by 19% since 2016, while the Netherlands has gained 29%, and France 21%.
自2016年起，從其他歐盟國家來到德國的人數增長19%，而荷蘭增長了29%，法國增長21%。
Britain managed a net gain of 1% over the period.
在這段時期內，英國勉強取得1%的凈增長。
Britain is still attracting workers from outside the EU, although its relative appeal has declined in this respect as well.
英國仍吸引著非歐盟成員國的求職者，雖然在這一方面，其相對吸引力也下降了。
Between 2016 and 2018 the number of LinkedIn members from outside the EU moving to Britain rose by 17%,
在2016年到2018年間，從非歐盟國家遷往英國的領英會員人數增長17%，
but Germany, France and the Netherlands all achieved percentage rises more than twice as large.
但德國、法國和荷蘭均實現了超兩倍的百分比增長。
Of course, Britain has not yet left the EU, nor has it announced the exact terms on which European workers will be able to move to the country in future.
當然，英國還沒有離開歐盟，也沒有宣布針對未來哪些歐洲員工能夠遷往該國的確切條款。
Initial policy indications are confusing. The government wants lower overall immigration,
最初的政策指示令人困惑。政府想要減少整體移民，
and will require existing EU residents to jump through bureaucratic hoops to stay in the country.
并將要求現有的歐盟居民從官僚主義的緊箍咒中跳出來留在英國。
At the same time, it says it wants to attract skilled workers. But Europeans may opt to stay in the EU,
同時，英國表示其想要吸引熟練的技工。但是歐洲人或許會選擇留在歐盟，
where they enjoy the benefits of free movement, rather than risk relying on the hospitality of a British government in a febrile political environment.
在那里他們可以享受自由出入的優待，而不是冒險依賴于在發熱的政治環境中的英國政府的殷勤。
So it would not be surprising if future data from LinkedIn showed a further deterioration in the appeal of Britain to skilled Europeans.
所以如果未來的領英數據表明英國對歐洲熟練技工的吸引力進一步退化的話，這也不并稀奇了。
And that would be a great shame, as the country has a long history of benefiting from European migration,
并且這將是一個巨大的恥辱，因為英國有著受惠于歐洲移民的悠久歷史，
whether it be Flemish weavers in the 14th century or the Huguenots who subscribed 10% of the founding capital of the Bank of England.
不論是14世紀的佛蘭德織布工還是為英格蘭銀行捐贈10%創始資本的胡格諾派。
London is a much more cosmopolitan and attractive city after decades of European immigration than it was when Bartleby started work here in 1980.
歐洲移民來此數十年后的倫敦與1980年巴托比剛來此工作相比是一個更具吸引力的大都市。
More broadly, the data demonstrate that social networks are a valuable source of information about economic and social change.
更廣泛地講，數據表明社交網絡是經濟和社會變化信息的一個有價值的來源。
Some hedge funds already look at satellite views of shopping-mall car parks for clues about economic activity,
一些對沖基金已經通過觀測購物中心停車場的衛星視圖來尋找經濟活動的線索，
or monitor social media to gauge public attitudes towards famous brands.
或是通過監控社交媒體以判定公眾對名牌的看法。
Perhaps one day, central banks will comb job websites to gauge the state of the labour market before they make their interest-rate decisions.
或許某一天，中央銀行將通過瀏覽求職網站判定勞工市場的狀態，然后再做出他們的利率決策。
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