他说：“事态进一步恶化、我们陷入严重萧条的风险越来越大。

The risks of things actually getting worse and us going into a really severe recession are high.

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而后者会极大的增加在不远的未来更严重萧条(甚至是滞胀)的可能性。

With the latter, the chances of an even more severe recession (even stagflation) in the not-too-distant future increase dramatically.

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沃尔克在80年代担任央行行长期间曾通过上调利率扼杀通胀，从而带领美国走出严重萧条。

As head of the central bank in the 1980s, Volcker steered the US through a severe recession, which he had helped to create by raising interest rates to kill inflation.

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But then the U.S. crashed into a huge well actually it was as worldwide recession of 1981-2.This was the biggest recession since The Great Depression.

但是之后，美国卷进了一个巨大的,事实上，是个世界范围内的经济衰退,于1981-1982年，这是自从大萧条以来,最严重的一次经济衰退。

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