First, consider the facts: Over the 21 quarters since the beginning of 2008, real (inflation-adjusted) personal consumption has risen at an average annual rate of just 0.9%. That is by far the most protracted period of weakness in real US consumer demand since the end of World War II – and a massive slowdown from the pre-crisis pace of 3.6% annual real consumption growth from 1996 to 2007.
别信他们。首先来看事实：自2008年初以来的21个季度中，真实（经通胀调整的）个人消费平均增长年率只有0.9%。这是美国真实消费需求自二战结束以来最长的疲软期，大大低于1996—2007年危机前真实消费增长年率3.6%