Obama also sees in the current mess a rare confluence of both crisis and opportunity that gives him the chance to remake the U.S. economy.

奥巴马依然在眼下的混乱中看到了少见的危机和机遇的组合，这给予了他重振美国经历的良机。

youdao

Obama inherited a big old mess, and I don't expect him to have everything figured out after 18 months.

奥巴马接管了这个烂摊子，我不指望他能够在18个月后能解决一切问题。

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Mr Obama may well be called on to help sort out that mess if conflict breaks out again, as many fear, within the next year or so.

许多人担心明年冲突再次出现，这样的话，奥巴马就得帮助解决混乱的局势。

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Less noticed is that Mr Obama's fiscal plan will also worsen the medium-term budget mess, by making tax cuts for the middle class permanent.

ECONOMIST: America's economy

But it will work only if the Obama administration accompanies it with a cast-iron determination to get to the bottom of America's banking mess.

ECONOMIST: Saving America's banks