The problem is not lack of desire to spend, but lack of money: Household disposable income has been shrinking as a share of GDP.

问题不在于人们不想花钱，而是缺钱：家庭可支配收入占GDP的比例一向在缩水。

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The strong euro will probably exacerbate these discrepancies by sheltering household disposable income from the impact of higher oil quotes, but eroding corporate margins further.

强势欧元也可能将通过让家庭可支配收入免受提高石油配额的影响、但进一步侵蚀了公司的利润，加剧这些矛盾。

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The household saving rate fell from 10% of disposable income in 1980 to close to zero in 2007; household indebtedness raced from 67% of disposable income to 132%.

家庭储蓄率从1980年占可支配收入的10%下滑到2007的接近0%；家庭债务从占可支配收入的67%迅速上涨到132%。

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The Nikkei article cites calculations by Daiwa Research Institute of household disposable income.

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Official statistics published last week showed that real household disposable income in the first three months of 2011 fell 0.8% compared with the previous three months.

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Total household disposable income in 2008 is estimated to be Rmb23.2 tn, Rmb9.3 tn higher than the Rmb14 tn calculated based on the official NBS household income survey and Rmb5.4 tn higher than the Rmb17.9 tn total calculated by the Flow of Funds (FOF) accounts in the Economic Census This Rmb5.4 tn is referred to as grey income.

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