首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point public
You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point public
admin
2014-11-24
83
问题
You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need — believe it or not — to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005 , the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.
In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20% . It is partly for policy reasons. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but also their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest(脆弱的)of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence(谨慎)for centuries. There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.
Why does the U. S. need to learn a little frugality(节俭)? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.
The U. S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, recently called the U. S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U. S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. China’s leaders might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar — which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America’s debt load is becoming unmanageable.
That’s what happens when you’re the world’s biggest creditor; you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked.(Every time any official in Beijing deliberately publicly talks about seeking an alternative to the U. S. dollar for the $2. 1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.)If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldn’t have to worry about all that.
How did the economic crisis affect Americans?
选项
A、They had to tighten their belts.
B、Their bank savings rate dropped to zero.
C、Their leadership in the global economy was shaken.
D、They became concerned about China’s financial policy.
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据题干关键词the economic crisis定位到第二段最后一句:the shock of theeconomic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets。可见,经济危机使美国民众捂紧钱包,即少花钱,也就是A项中的tighten their belts(勒紧腰带,节省开支)。所以A项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/p5K4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Thegovernmentistobanpaymentstowitnessesbynewspapersseekingtobuyuppeopleinvolvedinprominenteases【C1】______thet
Hereissomeadviceonfoodshopping.The【C1】______familyspendsaboutone-sixthofitsincome【C2】______food.Becausefoodisex
Moneyisakeyelementineconomicandbusinessactivitiesandhasbeenthethemeofmanywittyremarks.BenjaminFranklinonce
Moneyisakeyelementineconomicandbusinessactivitiesandhasbeenthethemeofmanywittyremarks.BenjaminFranklinonce
Moneyisakeyelementineconomicandbusinessactivitiesandhasbeenthethemeofmanywittyremarks.BenjaminFranklinonce
PsychologistAlfredAdlersuggestedthattheprimarygoalofthepsyche(精神)wassuperiority.Although【C1】______hebelievedthat
Consumersandproducersobviouslymakedecisionsthatmoldtheeconomy,butthereisathirdmajor【C1】______toconsidertherole
Somethingkeptscratchingontheoutsideofthetent.Iwouldn’thavethoughtmuchaboutit【C1】______Ihadn’trecentlyseenari
TheCalculatorGameIsintheProgressontheProgrammingNowResearchersinthefieldofartificialintelligencehavelong
Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestsummarizesthemainideaofthepassage?Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthefunct
随机试题
下列各句中,没有语病的一句是()
汉字系统中的汉字字库里存放的是汉字的()。
当注视物由远移近时,眼的调节反应为
女,20岁。发热、咳嗽、咳脓痰及痰中带豆腐渣样物1天。胸片显示心包底左前侧直径7cm肿块,密度不均,内有钙化。最可能的诊断是
A.氯丙嗪B.雷尼替丁C.氢氯噻嗪D.异丙嗪E.组胺H1受体阻滞药是
建设项目的环境影响评价文件自批准之日超过()年,方决定该项目开工建设的,其环境影响评价文件应当报原审批部门重新审核。
在施工前准备阶段,为了使施工单位了解设计意图,()要组织由设计单位和施工单位参加的设计交底和设计会审会议。
[资料一]某酒厂(位于市区)主要生产销售各类白酒,2012年10月经营情况如下:(1)将当月购买的一台设备和闲置的一处仓库对外投资,购进设备支付价款32万元,仓库账面净值80万元,市场销售价格86万元,双方共同承担投资风险。(
Whyaresomanypeopleunhappyintheirjobs?Therearetwoprimaryreasons.First,somepeopleareconvincedthatearningaliv
ChoosethecorrectletterA,B,CorD.Writeyouranswersinboxes35-37onyouranswersheet.Dailyworkinghourswerecutfr
最新回复
(
0
)