VOA慢速英語：彭博社：對美國經(jīng)濟衰退的預(yù)測百分百確定

根據(jù)新的預(yù)測模型，未來 12 個月內(nèi) 美國經(jīng)濟衰退是 100% 確定的。
A U.S. recession is 100% certain within the next 12 months, according to a new forecast model.  
The U.S. economy is not immune to recession
美國經(jīng)濟不能幸免于衰退
 
The U.S. economy is 100% certain to enter a recession in the next 12 months, according to a model based on 13 financial indicators released by two Bloomberg economists on October 17. decline. To make matters worse, the seemingly inevitable recession could come sooner -- a 73% chance in 11 months and a 25% chance in 10 months.
根據(jù)兩位彭博經(jīng)濟學(xué)家于 10 月 17 日發(fā)布的基于 13 項財務(wù)指標(biāo)的模型，美國經(jīng)濟100% 肯定會在未來 12 個月內(nèi)進入衰退。更糟糕的是，看似不可避免的衰退可能會更快到來——11 個月內(nèi)有 73% 的可能性，10 個月內(nèi)有 25% 的可能性。
 
These results are much worse than the last time Bloomberg ran the model, when it predicted a recession with only 65% ??certainty. The results were more discouraging than President Joe Biden, who insisted the U.S. would avoid a recession, unlike many economists who say a recession appears to be near. Mr Biden said if there was some form of recession it would be "very mild".
這些結(jié)果比彭博社上次運行該模型時要差得多，當(dāng)時它預(yù)測的衰退只有 65% 的確定性。結(jié)果比總統(tǒng)喬拜登更令人沮??喪，他堅持認(rèn)為美國將避免衰退，不像許多經(jīng)濟學(xué)家說衰退似乎就在附近。拜登先生說，如果出現(xiàn)某種形式的衰退，那將是“非常溫和的”。
 
Not all experts are certain of a recession in the US. A survey of 42 economists predicted a 60 percent chance of a recession in the next 12 months. However, their forecast was also worse compared to their last forecast, showing a 50% chance of the U.S. exiting the recession.
并非所有專家都確定美國經(jīng)濟衰退。一項針對 42 位經(jīng)濟學(xué)家的調(diào)查預(yù)測，未來 12 個月出現(xiàn)衰退的可能性為 60%。然而，與上次預(yù)測相比，他們的預(yù)測也更糟，顯示美國有 50% 的機會退出衰退。
 
A separate poll of economists by The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17 showed a 63 percent chance of a U.S. recession within a year. Polls point to a growing reason for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates after years of no adjustment. More than half of respondents believe the Fed will continue to raise interest rates above healthy levels, which will ultimately destabilize the economy.
《華爾街日報》10 月 17 日對經(jīng)濟學(xué)家進行的另一項民意調(diào)查顯示，美國在一年內(nèi)陷入衰退的可能性為 63%。民意調(diào)查指出，美聯(lián)儲（Fed）加息的原因在多年沒有調(diào)整后越來越高。超過一半的受訪者認(rèn)為美聯(lián)儲將繼續(xù)將利率提高到健康水平之上，這最終將破壞經(jīng)濟穩(wěn)定。
 
Inflation continued to hover near four-year highs, even as the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates to curb rising living costs. While President Biden touts the jobs numbers in hopes of delivering some positive economic impact to voters, with Washington's very strong fiscal proposition and the rest of the world struggling, Biden's presidency has left a huge fiscal hole. Since entering the White House less than three years ago, Biden has increased the national debt by $3.37 trillion to a record $31 trillion.
通脹繼續(xù)徘徊在四年高位附近，盡管美聯(lián)儲繼續(xù)提高利率以遏制生活成本上升。雖然拜登總統(tǒng)吹捧就業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)，希望能給選民帶來一些積極的經(jīng)濟影響，但華盛頓的財政主張非常強大，世界其他地區(qū)也陷入困境，拜登的總統(tǒng)任期留下了一個巨大的財政漏洞。自不到三年前進入白宮以來，拜登已將國債增加了 3.37 萬億美元，達到創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的 31 萬億美元。
 
While many Republicans - and even some Democrats - blame Biden for America's financial problems, his predecessor Donald Trump also added more than $7 trillion to the national debt, This is largely due to unprecedented money printing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
雖然許多共和黨人——甚至一些民主黨人——將美國的金融問題歸咎于拜登，但他的前任唐納德·特朗普也增加了超過 7 萬億美元的國債，這主要是由于 COVID-19 大流行期間前所未有的印鈔。 
 
The global economy faces challenges
全球經(jīng)濟面臨挑戰(zhàn)
 
Meanwhile, the global economy is facing its biggest challenge in the past four years, according to former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
與此同時，根據(jù)美國前財政部長拉里薩默斯的說法，全球經(jīng)濟正面臨著過去四年來最大的挑戰(zhàn)。
 
RT quoted Mr Summers as saying at the annual meeting of the Institute of International Finance in Washington: "This is the most complex, fragmented and challenging situation I can remember in 40 years." Quoting International Currency The IMF and the World Bank and central banks underestimated the risks posed by persistently high inflation and failed to take appropriate action to deal with the crisis.
RT 援引薩默斯先生在華盛頓國際金融學(xué)會年會上的話說：“這是我記憶中 40 年來最復(fù)雜、最分散、最具挑戰(zhàn)性的情況。”引用國際貨幣基金組織和世界銀行和中央銀行低估了持續(xù)高通脹帶來的風(fēng)險，以及未能采取適當(dāng)行動應(yīng)對危機。 Between rising interest rates, a stronger dollar, energy and food shortages, geopolitical tensions and climate change, "someone should come up with a major solution" to change the situation for the better, Mr Summers said. However, he did not elaborate further on this.
薩默斯先生表示，在利率上升、美元走強、能源和糧食短缺、地緣政治緊張局勢和氣候變化之間，“應(yīng)該有人提出一個重大解決方案”，以根據(jù)更好的方向改變局勢。不過，他沒有進一步詳細(xì)說明這一點。
 
The Fed has raised rates five times so far this year, and other central banks around the world have followed suit. However, Mr Summers said regulators had waited too long to act to curb price increases, and even if it plunged the economy into recession, interest rates would have to rise further.
美聯(lián)儲今年迄今已五次加息，全球其他央行紛紛效仿。然而，薩默斯先生表示，監(jiān)管機構(gòu)等了太久才采取行動遏制價格上漲，即使這會使經(jīng)濟陷入衰退，利率也必須進一步上升。
 
“如果你試圖避免加息，你最終只會陷入通脹停滯的狀態(tài)，之后將不得不采取更艱難的步驟。這將給世界其他地區(qū)帶來所有后果，”他警告說。
"If you try to avoid rate hikes, you'll just end up with inflation stagnating and then you'll have to take harder steps. That will have all the consequences for the rest of the world," he warned.
 
根據(jù)薩默斯的說法，這樣的后果之一是難以為債務(wù)市場融資。他以英國為例：英格蘭銀行上個月啟動了一項緊急政府債券購買計劃，以應(yīng)對政府宣布大規(guī)模減稅后債券價格的大幅下跌。
One consequence of this, according to Summers, is the difficulty of financing debt markets. He cited the UK as an example: The Bank of England launched an emergency government bond-buying programme last month in response to a sharp fall in bond prices after the government announced massive tax cuts.
 
"Given what's happening in the UK, some of it is self-inflicted, but some of it is a shock to what's happening in the global system... When a concussion occurs, It's not always earthquakes, but maybe you should think about preventing them," he explained.
“鑒于在英國發(fā)生的事情，其中??一些是自己造成的，但其中一些是對全球系統(tǒng)正在發(fā)生的事情的震驚......當(dāng)發(fā)生腦震蕩時，并不總是地震，但也許你應(yīng)該考慮一下防止地震，”他解釋說。