What is the reduction in the company’s exports?

A: The sales figures aren’t good, are they?
B: No. Down by 8% . Exports are the problem. . . they’re down by about 9% because interest rates have gone up again and the pound is so high.
A: So what are the interest rates now?
B: 7% , I hope they don’t go up again.

A: So which of these photocopiers should we buy?
B: This one looks nice, the X40.
A: Hmm. Bit expensive. The RX200 looks fast. It does 25 copies a minute.
B: So does the BT100. And it’s cheaper and smaller.
A: But it hasn’t got many functions, has it?
B: That’s true. OK, we’ll get the bigger one.