世界经济正从战后最严重、持续时间最长的衰退中摆脱出来。美国经济的有力复苏无疑对世界经济的恢复起着主要作用。尽管经常有人警告说世界经济已经开始或即将陷入大萧条之中,但必须强调指出,最近的下降是一次衰退而不是萧条,如果我们所说的萧条是指经济活动接近于三十年代大萧条或更早的萧条那种程度的下降的话。 The world economy is emerging from the worst post-war recession with the longest duration. The strong recovery of the U.S. economy undoubtedly plays a major role in the recovery of the world economy. Although there are frequent warnings that the world economy has begun or is about to fall into the Great Depression, it must be emphasized that the recent decline was a recession rather than a depression. What we mean by depression is that economic activity is close to the Great Depression of the 1930s or If depression of the earlier depression falls.