This persistent acceleration in American productivity growth has, however, created a massive political problem for President George W. Bush. Demand growth at a pace that in any previous decade would have been seen as highly satisfactory is suddenly desperately insufficient, and Bush is being blamed (with some justice) for the slack labor market that has resulted.
然而，美国劳动生产率的持续攀升却为乔治·W·布什总统带来了一个巨大的政治问题。在前几十年一路凯歌的内需增长突然变得严重不足，由此造成的劳动力市场疲软也使布什备受指责（他在一定程度上的确难辞其咎）。