新冠疫情与俄乌冲突使全球经济面临的风险不断上升:根据美国劳工部最新公布数据,美国3月通货膨胀率达到8.5%,创40年新高;法国《回声报》网站报道,欧洲的通胀已经超出预期,2022年很可能是欧洲滞胀的一年,也就是高通胀和低增长同时发生;此外,世界其他主要经济体也都面临经济下行压力。在此情况下,各国应协同合作,寻找出路,减轻经济放缓给普通民众带来的压力。
British consumer price inflation leaped to its highest level in three decades last month, intensifying the pressure on embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak to ease the cost-of-living squeeze.
英国消费者价格通胀上月跃升至30年来的最高水平,使身陷困境的首相鲍里斯·约翰逊及其财政大臣里希·苏纳克在降低民众生活成本方面压力倍增。
(英文摘自2022.04.13 CNN网站)
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Rishi Sunak is expected to ease a “terrifying” cost-of-living squeeze on UK households next week, while banking some of an estimated £25bn public finances windfall until the country’s economic outlook becomes clearer.
财政大臣里希-苏纳克预计将在下周(采取措施)缓解英国家庭面临的“可怕的”生活成本压力,届时将把公共财政意外收入的250亿英镑注入银行,直至该国的经济前景变得更为清晰。
(英文摘自2022.03.19 FT网站)
The global supply shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which shows no signs of abating, means that inflation is likely to peak higher and take longer to moderate, according to Ambrose Crofton, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management.
摩根大通资产管理全球市场策略师Ambrose Crofton表示,俄乌危机造成的全球供应冲击没有缓解的迹象,这意味着通胀可能会达到更高的峰值,并需要更长的时间来缓解。
(英文摘自2022.04.13 CNBC网站)
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Bridgewater, the world’s biggest hedge fund, named two new chief executives on Monday……as part of a broader leadership shake-up.
全球最大的对冲基金桥水基金周一任命了两名新的首席执行官,也是桥水基金更大规模领导层改组的一部分。
(英文摘自2022.01.03 The New York Times网站)
China on Sunday unveiled guidelines for accelerating the building of a unified national market, envisioning breaking local protection and market fragmentation and unblocking key sticking points that weigh on economic circulation, as part of a wide-ranging push for an effectively regulated, fairly competitive and fully open market across the country.
周日,中国公布了加快建立全国统一大市场的指导方针,期待通过打破地方保护和市场分割,疏通影响经济流通的关键症结,以在全国范围内推动市场的有效监管、公平竞争和完全开放。
(英文摘自2022.04.10 Global Times网站)
China has doubled down on its strategy to make the economy less dependent on the outside world by releasing plans for a “unified domestic market”, as geopolitical tensions and domestic coronavirus outbreaks add to supply chain disruptions.
由于地缘政治紧张局势和国内新冠疫情加剧供应链中断危机,中国拟通过建设“全国统一大市场”进一步减少经济对外部世界的依赖。
(英文摘自2022.04.11 South China Morning Post网站)
The world has enjoyed a period of very low inflation, even disinflation, for some time now due to myriad reasons including immigration, globalization, technological progress and the emergence of democracy in many regions of the world.
由于移民、全球化、技术进步和民主在多地开花等各种因素的叠加,世界此前一直处于非常低的通货膨胀,甚至反通货膨胀时期。
(英文摘自2022.04.01 USNews网站)
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Economists and policymakers offer myriad reasons for what fuels the rockets and lightens the feathers, from corporate greed to collusion, but the strongest force may simply be consumer interest.
经济学家和政策制定者指出在各种因素的作用下,油价只涨不跌,如企业的贪婪以及行业内企业的合谋,但最重要的原因可能只不过是消费者的需求。
(英文摘自2022.04.11 Washington Post网站)