For most Americans, wages are the primary source of disposable income, which in turn drives personal consumption spending – by far the largest component of aggregate demand. Over the past several decades, as growth in disposable income slowed, middle- and lower-income households turned to debt to sustain consumption.
对大多数美国人来说，工资是可支配收入的主要来源，也反过来驱动着个人消费支出——也是目前总需求中份额最大的一部分。过去数十年间。随着可支配收入的增长不断放缓。中产和低收入家庭只能靠借贷来维持消费。