Economists should sometimes think like nano scientists. Very small particles of a substance often behave quite differently to larger chunks. So too the US economy. While it appears to be recovering in aggregate, many small businesses are suffering an entirely different experience. Measures of small business sentiment are at odds with the most recent quarterly “advance” reading of a healthy 3.5 per cent growth in gross domestic product.
經濟學家有時應該像奈米科學家那樣思考問題。非常微小的物質顆粒與大塊物質的表現常常會差異很大。美國經濟也是如此。儘管美國經濟整體呈現復甦態勢,但許多小企業的感受卻截然不同。衡量小企業信心的指標,與最近季度國內生產毛額(GDP)健康成長3.5%的「先期」數據並不一致。
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