With the credit crisis still making it difficult for many small and medium-size businesses to obtain even the minimal level of financing necessary to maintain inventories and conduct trade, global GDP is on a precipice in 2009. There is a real possibility that global growth will register its first contraction since World War II.
随着信贷危机的加深，中小企业很难获得贷款，连维持他们日常的存货和运营所需的最低水平资金都没有保证。在2009年，全球的GDP已经处于悬崖边上，有可能出现自从二战以后的首次负增长。