The global economy is being hobbled by a new generation of zombies, the economic walking dead. The US consumer is in the early stages of an unprecedented retrenchment. In the 13 quarters since the beginning of 2008, inflation-adjusted annualised growth in consumption has averaged 0.5 per cent. Never before in the post-second world war era have US consumers been this weak for this long.
全球經(jīng)濟(jì)正受到新一代“僵尸”（經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)意義上的活死人）的拖累。美國消費(fèi)者已經(jīng)步入一個空前緊縮開支階段的初期。自2008年初以來的13個季度里，經(jīng)通脹因素調(diào)整后的平均年化消費(fèi)增長率僅為0.5％。在二戰(zhàn)之后的歲月里，美國消費(fèi)者的消費(fèi)意愿還從未在這么長一段時間內(nèi)如此虛弱。
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