似乎正是为了突出这一点，美国国债收益率在降级之后的几天内的确有所下降，由于投资者都逃向了美国这个避风港。

As if to underline the point, yields on US Treasury bonds actually fell in the days after the downgrade, as investors fled to them as a haven.

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失业率持续高涨，在东部地区和年轻人中间情况尤为突出，工作人口中的女性比例有所下降。

Unemployment remains high, especially in the east and among young people, and the rate of female participation in the workforce has declined.

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突出的例外是非洲，在HIV感染率很高的国家中结核发病率自1990年以来已增加到三倍并以每3 - 4%的比率在整个非洲大陆仍然在继续上升。

The glaring exception is Africa, where TB incidence rates have tripled since 1990 in countries with high HIV prevalence and are still rising across the continent at a rate of 3-4% annually.

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