例如,摩根大通银行的经济学家目前预期新屋建设会进一步下降30%,而且他们预计到2008年底,平均房价会下跌7.5%到15%。
Economists at JPMorgan, for instance, now expect the pace of new-home building to fall by a further 30%, while they expect average house prices to tumble between 7.5% and 15% by the end of 2008.
此外,在《华尔街日报》进行的一次调查中,受访经济学家都认为,目前看来在下半年实现经济复苏的可能性要比几个月前更小了。
Meanwhile, economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal agreed that a recovery in the second half of the year is now less likely than it appeared just a few months ago.
越来越多的经济学家认为目前重组,相比于日后发放永远无力偿还的贷款,欧洲整体付出的代价要小。
A growing number of economists think restructuring now would be cheaper for Europe as a whole than giving more loans that may never be repaid.
目前关于经济增长的理论强调经济学家所谓的“人力资本积累”的重要性。
Current theories about economic growth stress the importance of what economists call "human-capital accumulation".
世界贸易组织的首席经济学家劳乌说,目前在亚洲看到的经济复苏仍然是暂时的。
Patrick Low, the chief economist of the World Trade Organization, says the recovery seen in Asia is still "tentative".
休斯敦大学的经济学家史密斯正在密切关注目前的局势,他对休斯敦的经济前景进行了预测。
One person keeping a careful watch on the situation is Barton Smith, a University of Houston economist who provides economic forecasts for the city.
然而依照这样的衡量方法,目前的高级工作人员经济学家阵容是过去十届经济顾问委员会中就学术方面来说第二高素质的了。
But by this measure, the present cohort of senior staff economists is the second-best-qualified in academic terms of any of the past ten CEAs.
戴尔莫坦森也是一名美国经济学家,目前在西北大学工作。
Dale Mortensen is also an American economist, currently at Northwestern University.
至少,目前许多经济学家有如此看法。
UBS经济学家乔纳森估计全球食品价格或许会在目前主要食品价格通胀率基础上再涨50%达到2008年的高点。
Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS, a bank, reckons that global food prices would have to rise by another 50% from current levels for headline food-price inflation to reach the heights of 2008.
目前经济学家的分歧在于这一倍数将会有多大。
Today’s economists disagree over the size of this multiplier.
美国经济学家彼得·戴蒙德目前正在麻省理工学院工作。
此外经济学家表示,印尼需要更多企业家,目前他们仅占到全部劳动力人口的1%。
Also, economists say Indonesia needs more entrepreneurs. They now make up less than one percent of the workforce.
“国际大米市场目前正面临着求大于供和价格大幅上涨的特别困难情况,”粮农组织高级经济学家ConcepcionCalpe说。
"The international rice market is currently facing a particularly difficult situation with demand outstripping supply and substantial price increases," said FAO Senior Economist Concepcion Calpe.
许多经济学家预计,美国将陷入上世纪八十年代初以来最严重的衰退;一些人预计,到2010年,失业率将从目前的6.1%上升到8%以上。
Many economists forecast that the U.S. will fall into its deepest recession since the early 1980s, with some predicting unemployment above 8% by 2010, up from 6.1% today.
法国银行Natixis首席经济学家Patrick Artus认为,目前,法国工业规模太小,即使变得更富竞争力也很难对经济有实质性帮助。
France's industrial base is now so small that making it more competitive will have little effect, says Patrick Artus, chief economist at Natixis, a French bank.
目前经济学家们预计,明年之前不会有太多的收紧措施。
For now, economists expect little in the way of tightening until next year.
美联储的经济学家们认为,到2010年美国劳动力的供给将会仅以每年0.4%的速度上涨,大大低于目前的一半水平。
By 2010, the Fed economists reckon, Labour supply in America will be rising by a mere 0.4% a year, well under half its current rate.
部分经济学家将其归咎于失业救济时间的延长。目前,美国失业者可以领取99周的失业救济,等同于法国。
Some economists blame the extension of unemployment benefits, which America's jobless can now claim for 99 weeks, as long as in France.
目前经济学家尚未对什么才是解决危机的最佳途径达成一致。
Nor can economists now agree on the best way to resolve the crisis.
不过多数经济学家也认为,目前这轮经济低迷将不会太严重,不会导致失业人数大量增加等问题。
Still, most economists think the current downturn will be shallow and not result in problems such as mass unemployment.
与会的经济学家关注的焦点是,在目前世界各地人口持续增长、能源需求不断扩大的情况下能够采取哪些措施才能够减少气候变化所带来的影响。
Economists at the conference focused on what steps could be taken to lessen the impact of climate change as the population expands and energy needs rise around the world.
芝加哥麦斯洛金融公司的首席经济学家戴安娜·斯旺克认为,由于房屋库存量极大过剩,市场目前最不需要的就是大量新建房屋。
Given massive inventory surpluses, the last thing the market needs is an infusion of newly-built dwellings, according to Diane Swonk, Chief Economist at Chicago-based Mesirow Financial.
根据目前的形式,经济学家们——如来自咨询公司普华永道会计师事务所的埃斯蒙德·波尼——预计经济增长顶多也就是疲软式的。
On current form, economists such as Esmond Birnie of PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consulting firm, expect lacklustre economic growth at best.
一个经济学家和神经学家团队目前确认,脑内某一区域在其中具有关键作用。
A team of economists and neuroscientists has now identified a brain region that seems to play a critical role.
蒂姆·哈福德的著作《卧底经济学家》(The Undercover Economist)(小布郎出版社(Little,Brown))目前已经出版平装本。
Tim Harford's book "The Undercover Economist" (Little, Brown) is out now in paperback.
蒂姆·哈福德的著作《卧底经济学家》(The Undercover Economist)(小布郎出版社(Little,Brown))目前已经出版平装本。
Tim Harford's book "The Undercover Economist" (Little, Brown) is out now in paperback.
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