Currency strategists said they believe U.S. growth might begin to pick up in the latter half of the year as Europe begins to slow.

外汇策略师们表示，他们相信今年下半年美国的经济增长有望恢复活力，而欧洲经济或许会开始放慢步伐。

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Only in the fall of last year-not long after the Federal Reserve announced a new round of stimulative asset purchases-did activity pick up.

只是在去年秋天，在美联储公布了新一轮的刺激性资产收购之后不久，经济活动才有了起色。

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But private economists are forecasting a pick-up in the second half of the year, which would be a big improvement on what happened after Lehman (see chart).

但是民间经济学家预计今年下半年将有回升，这将是自莱曼兄弟破产后一个重大的改善(见图表)。

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