Great Recession-英语点津

Economy: Great Recession

经济：大衰退

事件回放：国际货币基金组织称此次经济危机为Great Recession。此前，历史上影响最深远的经济危机为1929年至1933年间的全球性经济Great Depression（大萧条）。

在本次经济危机中，各国纷纷采取经济刺激措施，货币发行量大增，尤其以美国为代表。这种央行直接向市场注资的一种货币政策手段称为quantitative easing（定量宽松），其实就是央行开动印钞机器的一种委婉说法。

大衰退：Great Recession

The downturn that some have dubbed the 'Great Recession' has trimmed the typical household's income significantly, new Census data show, following years of stagnant wage growth that made the past decade the worst for American families in at least half a century.

美国人口普查局（Census）最新数据显示，被人们称作“大衰退”（Great Recession）的这几年的经济衰退使典型家庭收入大幅下降，近年来工资收入增长迟滞，过去十年成为至少半世纪来美国家庭最难过的时期。

定量宽松 quantitative easing

He also criticized the new round of US quantitative easing policy, saying it was "totally wrong" that the Federal Reserve tried to stimulate the US economy by pumping a large amount of money into the market. 他（经济学家吉姆•罗杰斯）

还批评了美国新一轮定量宽松政策，表示美联储试图通过向市场大量投放货币来刺激经济的举动“完全错误”。