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美国经济现状 自2000年年中,美国经济开始减速,近十年的经济强势增长似乎一下子走到了尽头。美国经济今年首季增长率继续下滑,但显示经济衰退的证据比去年年底少,同时出现某些好转迹象:工业生产在连续5个月下滑后于3月出现了回升;企业库存2月出现下降;劳动生产率提高;消费者信心略有增加;通货膨胀压力下降等;但美国经济还远远没有达到劳动生产率提高所带来的潜在增长水平。美国经济能够触底回升吗?我们通过美国各业首季度的业绩状况透视美国经济的发展趋向。
The U.S. Economic Situation Since the middle of 2000, the U.S. economy has started to slow down. The economic growth in the past decade seems to have come to an end. The U.S. economy continued its slowdown in the first quarter of this year but showed less evidence of a recession than at the end of last year with some signs of improvement: industrial production rose in March after falling for five consecutive months and corporate inventories declined in February ; Increased labor productivity; a slight increase in consumer confidence; a drop in inflationary pressure; but the U.S. economy still falls far short of the potential growth brought by the increase in labor productivity. Can the U.S. economy bottom out? We look at the trends in the U.S. economy through the performance of the first quarter of each industry in the United States.