In fact, it now takes much less gold to pay off the U. S. debt than it did a decade ago.

事实上，相较十年以前，现在要还清美国的债务只需偿付少得多的黄金。

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Strong U. S. exports and less reliance on imports, reflecting healthy economies overseas and the weaker U. S. dollar, are boosting production and job creation here.

强劲的美国出口与更少依赖于进口，反映了国外健康的经济和更弱的美元，它们推进了美国的生产和就业创造。

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The big disconnect between corporate profits and jobs is likely to continue because America's big businesses are depending less and less on U.S. sales and u.

因为美国大型企业越来越少依靠美国的销售额和美国工人盈利，企业的利润和工人的工作之间所存在的巨大差距也很有可能会继续。

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The value of the euro currency has plunged for example, which makes American exports - key to the U.S.economic recovery - less competitive.

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So we have--U.S. Government issues bills and that's less than or equal to one year and they pay no interest.

美国政府发行的短期国库券,期限通常小于或等于一年,且不付息

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We call an instrument of the U.S. Treasury with a maturity less than or equal to one year--we call that a bill and they used to be the only discount bonds issued by the U.S. Government.

我们把期限小于或等于一年的,国库券品种称为短期国库券,它们曾是美国政府,唯一发行的贴现债券

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