在世纪之交、辞旧迎新之际，世界经济形势又出现了一些新变化。一方面，国际市场上大幅攀升的石油价格已开始明显回落，持续疲软的欧元兑美元汇率也逐渐回升，使得油价飙升和主要货币汇率失衡对世界经济所产生的严重不利影响有所缓解。另一方面，美国经济增速显著放慢，股市继 At the turn of the century, when the speech and greetings are welcomed, some new changes have taken place in the world economic situation. On the one hand, the soaring oil prices in the international market have started to drop significantly. The continuing weakening of the exchange rate of the euro against the U.S. dollar has also gradually recovered, causing the serious adverse impact on the world economy from the soaring oil price and the imbalance of the major currencies. On the other hand, the U.S. economy slowed down significantly, following the stock market