If money is not circulating, but is stashed in reserves or under mattresses, it cannot boost spending or push up inflation.

如果货币没有进入流通领域，而是作为储备或者被藏在床垫底下，那它无论对刺激消费还是推动通胀均无助益。

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He fears that surplus economies like China and Japan will not boost consumption enough to make up for the downturn in American consumer spending.

他担心，中国、日本等顺差经济体刺激消费不足以弥补美国消费支出的下滑。

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Devarajan says the task ahead should not only to be boost spending on infrastructure but also to improve the management of that infrastructure.

Devarajan说，今后的任务不应该只是增加基础设施支出，还应该包括改善基础设施的管理。

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The finance secretary welcomed the reduction in VAT, from 17.5% to 15%, but said there was a "sense" that the cut was not enough to boost high street spending.

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The NHS, however, is a fiscal black hole, and, with new and ever more expensive medical technologies and drugs coming on stream, even this spending boost may not be enough.

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Spending on infrastructure will not boost the economy for ever.

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