The economy therefore limped along year after year, with real GDP in the final quarter of each year less than 2% higher than it had been a year earlier. Employment grew more slowly than the population, and annual real-wage increases averaged only about 1%.
经济因此年复一年蹒跚前行，每年最后一个季度的GDP仅仅比去年同期增长不到2%。就业增长比人口增长更慢，每年实际工资增长率平均只约有1%。