CAMBRIDGE – The near-term outlook for the US economy has improved, owing to the sharp increase in household wealth in 2013, together with the end of the fiscal drag caused by the increase in tax rates in 2012. The United States now has a chance to raise real (inflation-adjusted) per capita GDP faster than the feeble 1.7% average rate recorded during the four years since growth resumed in the summer of 2009.
发自剑桥——由于家庭财富总额在2013年大幅上升，加上因2012年加税所引发的财政停滞最终得以消除，对美国经济的短期预期近来有所改善。美国如今有机会去提升实际（计入通胀后）人均GDP，使其高于自2009年夏天恢复增长四年以来平均1.7%的疲弱增长率。