中英双语阅读-美国经济

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1、美国经济首季增长低于预期USfeelsimpactofspendingcutsas2.2%economicgrowthdisappoints英国《金融时报》罗宾•哈丁华盛顿,迈克尔•麦肯兹纽约报道最大较大默认较小最小           TheUSeconomygrewadisappointing2.2percentinthefirstquarterofthisyearasinventoriespiledupandthefederalgovernmentcutspending.随着库存增加和联邦政府缩减开支，今年第一季度美国经济增长2.

2、2%，令人失望。Theannualisedgrowthrateforgrossdomesticproductcameinbelowmarketexpectationsof2.7percentandcompareswith3percentgrowthinthefourthquarteroflastyear.年化国内生产总值(GDP)增长率低于市场预测的2.7%，且与去年第四季度3%形成对比。Theweakperformancedidnot,however,breakapatternofsteadyifmediocreexpansionin

3、theUS,asconsumptionandinvestmentgrowtooslowlytomakeupforcutsinfederalspending.然而，经济数据黯淡并未打破美国经济平稳扩张（即便不令人振奋）的格局。消费和投资增长过慢，不足以抵消联邦政府缩减开支的影响。“TheUSeconomyremainsabrightlightintheglobaleconomy,althoughthelightishardlyblindingandalsoshowingsomesignsoffading,”saidChrisWilliam

4、son,chief伦敦Markit首席经济学家克里斯•威廉森(ChrisWilliamson)表示，“美国经济仍是全球经济中的一道亮光，尽管这亮光很难说得economistatMarkitinLondon.上耀眼，而且还显出一些变弱的迹象。”Consumptionwasrobust,growingatanannualisedpaceof2.9percentandadding2percentagepointstothegrowthrate.Butrealdisposableincomerosebyonly0.4percent,sugges

5、tingconsumersaresavingless.Thesavingsratefellto3.9percentfrom4.5percentinthepreviousquarter.消费颇为强劲，年化增长率达到2.9%，为GDP增长率贡献了2个百分点。但实际可支配收入仅增长0.4%，似乎表明消费者减少了储蓄。储蓄率从上一季度的4.5%降至3.9%。“Undoubtedlythebrightestspotinthisreportwastheresurgenceinconsumerspending,”saidBeataCaranci,de

6、putychiefeconomistatTDBank,butshewarnedthat“wedon’texpecttoseearepeatperformanceinthestrengthofspending”inthesecondquarter.道明银行(TDBank)副首席经济学家贝亚特•卡兰西(BeataCaranci)表示，“无疑，报告中最大亮点是消费支出恢复增长，”但她警告称，“我们预计第二季度将不会再度出现如此强劲的消费增长”。Investmentwouldalsohavebeenalmostflatifnotforaninv

7、entorybuild-upthatadded0.6percentagepointstogrowth.Cutbackstofederalspending,especiallydefence,subtracted0.6percentagepoints.若不是库存增加，投资几乎为零增长。库存增加为GDP增长率贡献了0.6个百分点。联邦开支、尤其是防务开支的减少，对GDP增长率的拖累也是0.6个百分点。ThefirstestimateofGDPmustbetreatedwithcautionbecausecrucial对GDP增长率的首次估算

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