香港10月经济展望继续下滑，预示因为全球贸易放缓和自身暴力冲突导致的经济衰退短期内将不会好转。请看本报昨日的报道：

Hong Kong’s business outlook continued to drop in October, indicating that there will be no immediate pickup from the recession in the city which is facing a global trade slowdown and domestic unrest and violence.

The purchasing manager’s index for the whole economy dropped to 39.3. the worst result since the depths of the financial crisis in November 2008, according to IHS Markit, which surveyed about 400 private sector companies. Output fell to 32.3, the lowest reading since the series began and well below the 50 level that separates expansion from contraction.

报道中的pickup就是“情况好转”的意思，可以指经济、健康等方面。例如：

Because they can hire temps almost instantly, there is little need to hire in anticipation of a pickup in business.

因为他们几乎可以随时招到临时工，所以也就不必为预期业务好转而提前招人。