BERKELEY – The United States is confronting another round of cuts in federal government spending, this time threatening to trim at least 0.5 percentage points from GDP growth and to precipitate a loss of at least one million jobs. Automatic across-the-board spending cuts, the so-called “sequester,” would reduce spending by $85 billion, with defense programs cut by about 8% and domestic programs by about 5% this year – and with additional cuts of comparable dollar amounts every year until 2021.
伯克利—美国正面临新一轮联邦政府支出削减，这一回至少要从GDP增长中削去0.5%个百分点，减少至少100万个就业岗位。自动的全面支出削减，即所谓的“自动减赤”（sequester），将减少850亿美元支出——并在2021年之前每年都削减这一规模的数量。