NEW YORK – We live in an era in which the most important forces affecting every economy are global, not local. What happens “abroad” – in China, India, and elsewhere – powerfully affects even an economy as large as the United States.
发自纽约——在我们生活的这个时代，大多数影响经济运行的重要力量并非由本地产生，而是发端于全球层面。即便如美国这般庞大的经济体也难免受到那些“国外”（比如中国，印度或者其他地方）事务的重大影响。