2015考研英语阅读美国经济
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> 美国经济</p><p> <span word="RECOVERIES">RECOVERIES</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="crises">crises</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="subdued">subdued</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lookcomatose">lookcomatose</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="May">May</span> 26<span word="th">th</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="annualised">annualised</span> 1.8% <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firstquarter">firstquarter</span>, <span word="identical">identical</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="estimate">estimate</span>. <span word="Economists">Economists</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="upward">upward</span> <span word="revision">revision</span>.<span word="Worse">Worse</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="weakness">weakness</span> <span word="accumulate">accumulate</span>, <span word="forecasters">forecasters</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="trimmed">trimmed</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="thecurrent">thecurrent</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="around">around</span> 3.5% <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="projecting">projecting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2.7% <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="now">now</span>.</p><p> 从金融危机中恢复过来通常是一个缓慢而艰难的过程，但美国的恢复进程似乎就要陷入休克。5月26日，政府说一季度<span word="GDP">GDP</span>按年增长率来计算增长了1.8%，与初始估算相符。经济学家们曾经希望实际情况可以更加乐观。更糟糕的是，由于经济疲软的迹象累加，预测者从一开始就把对当前季度的预测从一个月前的3.5%左右将到了2.7%,现在可能会更少。</p><p> <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="December">December</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republicans">Republicans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extend">extend</span> <span word="GeorgeBushs">GeorgeBushs</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enact">enact</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forecasts">forecasts</span> <span word="of">of</span> 3% <span word="to">to</span> 4% <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="thenew">thenew</span> <span word="consensus">consensus</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2.6%, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recovery">recovery</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="barely">barely</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="Americaslong">Americaslong</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="scarcely">scarcely</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="down">down</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sure">sure</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="post">post</span>-<span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="imperative">imperative</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="households">households</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="debt">debt</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="V">V</span>-<span word="shaped">shaped</span> <span word="reboundwas">reboundwas</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cards">cards</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="so">so</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="terrible">terrible</span> <span word="performance">performance</span>.</p>
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