As for the United States, plummeting gas prices – an extraordinary 25% decline in roughly one month – have increased consumer confidence and spending at a time when consumers were supposed to be in full retreat because of the housing market decline. Moreover, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the housing market correction is already almost over.
至于美国，油价暴跌，在大约一个月的时间里跌去了惊人的25%，在消费者本来被预计会因为房地产市场的回落而使他们的信心和支出都全面下降的时候却反而增加了他们的信心和支出。此外，美联储前主席格林斯潘认为房地产市场的回落已经基本上结束了。