当今的美国，仍处于经济周期中的繁荣高峰：１９９８年实际ＧＤＰ增长率高达３．９％，消费者物价指数增幅为１．６％，失业率为４．２５％。到目前为止，美国的经济已实现连续８年的持续增长，形成了美国和平时期中最长的景气周期。但美国经济并非如此一帆风顺。纵观美国的经 Today’s United States is still at the peak of its economic cycle: real GDP growth of 3.9% in 1998, consumer price index growth of 1.6% and unemployment of 4.25%. So far, the U.S. economy has achieved sustained growth for eight consecutive years, forming the longest period of economic prosperity in the United States. But the economy in the United States is not so easy. Throughout the United States