But even if these figures are taken at face value as an indication of future living standards, they do not support the common worry that the children of today’s generation will not be as well off as their parents. An annual per capita growth rate of 1.6% means that a child born today will have a real income that, on average, is 60% higher at age 30 than his or her parents had at the same age.
年度人均GDP增长从2.1%下跌到1.6%看似是一个相当大幅的衰退。但即便这些数字在表面上被视为体现未来生活水平的指标，却也并不意味着那些害怕当代人子女生活会比其父母要差的担忧是有道理的。1.6%的人均年增长率意味着今天出生的一个婴儿在30岁的时候实际收入要比其父母同龄时要高30%。