A first-half recession followed by a sluggish recovery-the standard forecast until recently-could well have enabled the Fed to raise rates in the autumn.

“上半年萧条，进而缓慢恢复”，这个直到最近还被奉为标准的经济预测，很有可能令美联储在今秋加息。

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There is a risk that the American economy will face a sharp financial shock and a recession, or an extended period of sluggish growth. This will slow growth in the rest of the world economy.

因此从某个意义上来说，美国的资金成本将会急剧上升，这就导致了美国经济将会面临剧烈的金融冲击和衰退的危险，或者带来长期的缓慢增长，而这将会拖慢世界其他地方的增长。

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But sluggish growth and the prospect of renewed recession mean that joblessness is rising again in Britain as well as in Germany.

但是增长滞缓以及继续衰退的前景意味着英国像德国一样，失业率开始攀升。

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This replacement indicator, though, still suggests "sluggish growth rather than recession, " he wrote in a recent note, similar to the story told by the official GDP data.

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