Wal-Mart, with its hyperefficient supply chain, is so good at squeezing costs that it has a measurable effect on the national inflation rate.

沃尔玛拥有效率极高的供应链，因此很好地压制了成本，甚至对全国的通货膨胀都有较大的影响。

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The effect of this consolidation on America's local Banks may seem clear: they are squeezed by the big boys, just as retailers are when Wal-Mart or Toys "r" us comes to town.

这种整合对美国本地银行的影响，看起来似乎比较明朗：他们受到“大块头”的挤压，就像沃尔玛或者Toys“R”Us进入城区，零售商面临的遭遇一样。

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New Wal-Mart stores have had a big effect on small communities in the United States.

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Business leaders, politicians and academics have debated the "Wal-Mart effect" on the U.S. economy for several years now.

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But other big pistons in the economic machine--institutional stock traders--are now basing more decisions on a different type of Wal-Mart effect.

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That's the conclusion of a report just released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, which studied the "Wal-Mart effect" for 89 counties in its region over the past two decades.

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