A significant equity-price correction could, in fact, be the force that in 2013 tips the US economy into outright contraction. And if the US (still the world’s largest economy) starts to sneeze again, the rest of the world – its immunity already weakened by Europe’s malaise and emerging countries’ slowdown – will catch pneumonia.
事实上，股价的重大修正可能在2013年将美国经济拖入严重衰退。而如果美国（仍是世界第一大经济体）再一次感冒，那么世界其他国家——免疫力已经因为欧洲的疲软和新兴国家的减速大卫削弱——恐怕又要的肺炎了。