美国经济第一季度缩水

Annie2014

【中文标题】美国经济第一季度缩水
【原文标题】US economy shrank in first quarter
【更新时间】29 May 2015
【原文链接】http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32931189
【原文来源】BBC.com
【正文】

The US economy shrank 0.7% in the firstthree months of 2015, compared to the same period last year.
美国经济在2015年的前三个月与去年同期相比萎缩了0.7%。

The Bureau of Economic Analysissignificantly revised down its earlier economic growth estimate of 0.2%.
美国经济分析局大幅调低了其先前对经济增长的估计，降低了0.2%。

The previous calculation underestimated therise in the volume of imported goods and overestimated capital investment bycompanies, it said.
它说，先前的计算低估了进口货物量和高估了资本投资的公司。

The US economy last contracted in the firstquarter of 2014, when it shrank by 2.1%.
美国经济上一次萎缩是在2014年第一季度，下降了2.1%。

As was the case last year, a harsh wintermay have been partly to blame for falling goods and services production in theUS.
和去年一样,严冬可能是美国生产的商品和服务下降的部分原因。

Consumer spending, which accounts for about70% of economic activity, slowed to 1.8% growth in the first quarter, slightlybelow the 1.9% growth initially estimated.
消费者支出占经济活动的70%,今年第一季度缓慢增长1.8%,略低于最初估计的1.9%的增长率。

The Bureau also highlighted the impact ofweak exports and government spending.
国家统计局还强调了出口疲软和政府支出的影响。

'Second quarter pick-up'
“第二季度上升”

The strong US dollar has pushed up importsand lowered exports. At current dollar prices, GDP slipped further from 0.1%growth to a 0.9% contraction.
强劲的美元推高了进口和降低了出口。 以目前的美元价格,GDP进一步下滑，从0.1%的增长到0.9%的收缩。

The revision in GDP prompted investors toshift to traditionally safer assets, such as bonds. This is why yields on USTreasuries have fallen as their price has risen.
GDP的修正传统促使投资者转向安全资产,如债券。这就是为什么美国国债当价格上涨时收益率下跌。

GDP figures are closely watched byinvestors, as the Federal Reserve makes decisions based on the health of theeconomy.
GDP数据受到投资者的密切关注,因为美国联邦储备理事会做出的决定基于经济的健康发展。

"From a policy perspective, the firstquarter lull is already history; it's the extent of the rebound that will becritical in determining the timing of the Fed's first move on interestrates," says Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
“从政策的角度来看,第一季度的间歇已经成为了历史，经济已经到了反弹的程度,美联储第一步对利率政策的决定时机至关重要,” ,Markit的首席经济学家Chris Williamson说。

"Survey evidence is already pointingto a second quarter pick-up," he added.
“研究证据已经说明第二季度经济会回升,”他补充道。

xsh45

缩水好

Annie2014

xsh45 发表于 2015-5-30 21:51
缩水好

c0215

美国改进了GDP统计方法都没有让增长稳定出现

hegieer

没事，第二季度就是+2.8%了。