次贷危机暴发以来,阴影笼罩下的美国经济,增长明显放慢,衰退的风险进一步加剧。不久前,布什总统承认,目前美国经济正处于艰难时期。美联储主席伯南克在国会作证时也坦承,美国经济面临诸多困难:金融市场动荡,房价下跌,就业市场疲软以及食品和能源价格上涨等,均对经济前景形成巨大的下行压力。 Since the outbreak of the sub-prime crisis, the shadow of the U.S. economy has slowed down and the risk of a recession has further increased. Not long ago, President Bush admitted that at present the U.S. economy is in a difficult time. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also confessed in his testimony before the parliament that the U.S. economy is facing many difficulties: financial market turmoil, falling housing prices, a weak job market and rising prices of food and energy all pose tremendous downward pressure on the economic outlook.