Most of the forty-five business economists questioned said they expect the recession to end in the second half of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Anyway this recession has been a model for what happens in recessions.

不论如何，这个经济衰退给,衰退中发生的事情做了个例子。

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So you know, from a personal perspective, we are still very much in a recession.

所以，我个人认为，我们还是处于不景气状态。

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These come at a time of recession when banks are reporting billions in losses in their credit card divisions.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

For example, we had a recession that started here -I believe that was '48--and then it ended in '49.

比如我们来看这一次衰退,大概从48年开始,于49年结束

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During tough times -- I mean we are in a recession right now -- this is like affordable luxury.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

And so the whole definition of what a recession is is evolving and... we could be in a similar kind of situation where job...number of jobs goes up or down and maybe output doesn't.

因此，经济衰退的完整定义,不是一成不变的。,有时可能出现这种情况,失业率也会上升或下降,而国民产量并无波动。

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He says they are often the ones earning the least, and most at risk of losing their jobs in the recession.

VOA: special.2009.08.15

The most recent recession we've had is 2001; it began and ended in the same year, 2001.

最近的一次衰退是在2001年,开始结束都在2001年

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This time, with the economy in a bad recession, some guests may not be as wealthy as they were.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

So I by that indicator we are in a recession and we don't know that it's over yet; it's been falling.

所以我，通过那个指数，我们正处于经济衰退时期,并且我们不知道它是否结束；它一直在下降。

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He warned about the deepening recession in a speech in Virginia on Thursday, less than 2 weeks before he takes office.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

That index is now way below the lowest that it got in the 2001 recession.

这个指数现在正低于,2001年经济衰退时最低的指数。

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The United States has lost almost seven million jobs since the recession began in December of two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

We saw a collapse in real estate prices after 1990 and a recession in 1991, so it was the big story of the 1980s.

我们目睹了1990年后房价暴跌,以及1991年的经济衰退,这就是20世纪80年代的重大事件

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Signs that the recession is easing in the United States have led to a lot of talk about "green shoots."

VOA: special.2009.05.08

It's at the level almost down to the lowest that we got in the 1990-91 recession.

它正处在这个水平上,几乎是1990-91经济衰退时最低的水平。

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"This year a lot of stores are trying to reduce prices to help bring customers in during this time of recession.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Now it still hasn't been identified as a recession and some people are still hoping that we won't have a recession in 2008.

现在，它还没有被认作是经济衰退,人们仍然希望,我们在2008年不会经历经济衰退。

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Still,some economists say other signs in the economy show that the recession is over already, or will be soon.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The Federal Funds Rate was recently cut to 2.25% and it's expected to be cut further because of the recession that we're now apparently in.

联邦资金利率最近被,缩减到2。25%，并且仍被认为要缩减,原因就在于我们现在历经的经济衰退。

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But experts say the recession has not cut enrollment in four-year programs, even with their higher sometimes much higher -- costs.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Oh, well I'm hoping you could find a way to lift the end of the show here so... ... So try to find... Three month from now, will the United States be in a recession or not?

噢，还指望你会说点什么,来为这次节目压轴呢。,才试图。,3年之后，美国是否会陷入经济衰退？

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The recession has hit especially hard in California, home of the world's eighth largest economy and one out of eight Americans.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

We had another recession in 1990-91 and it wasn't very big or bad.

我们在90-91年经历了经济衰退1,但是它并不广泛和严重。

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All the jewelry makers we spoke to in March at Bead Fest Santa Fe agreed that the recession had affected their businesses.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The National Bureau of Economic Research, who announces recession dates, hasn't announced yet whether there's a recession, so we'll probably find out in a few more months whether we're already in a recession.

美国国家经济研究局,公布了与衰退相关的数据,但该局目前仍未表态经济是否已陷入衰退,预计要再等几个月才能知晓,是否我们已身陷衰退

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But the Center on Philanthropy also says research shows that giving does not shrink as much as the economy in a recession.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

We may be in a recession now; a lot of people are saying that, so I would be tempted to draw a new line here, somewhere around here, maybe December of 2007.

也许现在正在经历衰退,人们普遍这样认为,所以我想在这画条新的直线,画在这附近,也许是2007年12月

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It wasn't caused by the Fed's sudden tightening against inflation. It was different it was this recession was not understood not anticipated; the Fed came in late to cut interest rates to try to prevent it from being worse because it just didn't seem to have any reason for happening.

它不是由于美联储对通货膨胀的,突然紧缩政策造成的，它不同之处在于,这个经济衰退没有被理解，没有事先准备好；,美联储试图阻止它恶化而,降低利率为时已晚，因为,它似乎看起来没有任何理由发生。

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