Why are budget deficits and trade deficits sometimes called the twin deficits?

为什么预算赤字和贸易赤字有时候叫孪生赤字？

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Right now, the U.S. is running huge shortfalls in both the current account and the federal budget-the so-called twin deficits.

现在，美国正经受国际收支经常项目和联邦预算的不足-----即所谓的双赤字。

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The dollar's value drops when Mr. Greenspan mutters that foreigners may become less willing to fund the US twin deficits.

当格林斯潘先生嘀咕道，外国人可能会不那么愿意为美国双赤字提供资金的时候，美元的价值马上应声下跌。

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The RBI in the past has said that the large twin deficits make cutting rates difficult.

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Bush pledged to work on tackling the nation's "twin deficits" -- the federal budget and foreign trade -- and said he'll work with the Congress on both.

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Despite a rising economy and millions of new jobs, the media invariably stuck to a number of gloomy themes during the Reagan years, including the rising homeless population, twin deficits, and a generalized assumption that the supposed economic gains of the 1980s were only being enjoyed by the wealthy few.

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