To be sure, there were indications of a temporary pick-up in annual consumption growth to nearly 4% in the fourth quarter of 2013. Yet that is reminiscent of a comparable 4.3% spurt in the fourth quarter of 2010, an upturn that quickly faded.
平心而论，年消费增长表现出暂时性的提振信号，2013年四季度接近4%。但这让人想起了2010年四季度的4.3%，后来这一昙花一现的上升很快就夭折了。