專欄美國經濟

America is too tethered to take off
被捆住手腳的美國經濟


FT專欄作家克萊夫•克魯克:鑑於復甦停滯跡象顯現、國會與政府無力解決問題,美聯準將是美國經濟復甦的全部希望所在。

Concern is growing that the US is falling back into recession. Consumers are scared. The housing market is crippled, with prices still falling. Last week saw more disappointing figures on jobs and manufacturing. Friday’s closely watched payroll numbers were worse than expected. Analysts had predicted 175,000 new private sector jobs, which would have been low; there were 83,000. The unemployment rate rose to 9.1 per cent.

人們對美國正重新陷入衰退的擔憂正在加劇。消費者們戰戰兢兢。房地產市場受到重創,房價仍在不斷下跌。上上週發佈了更多令人失望的就業與製造業數據。上上週五受到密切關注的非農就業數字,比預期的要糟糕。分析師先前預測,民營部門就業人數成長17.5萬(這個數字本來就已經夠低的了);實際成長卻僅爲8.3萬。失業率則攀升至9.1%。

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