Even with the 2008-2009 policy effort that successfully prevented financial collapse, the United States is now half way to a lost economic decade. In the past five years, our economy’s growth rate averaged less than one per cent a year, similar to Japan when its bubble burst. At the same time, the fraction of the population working has fallen from 63.1 to 58.4 per cent, reducing the number of those in jobs by more than 10 million. Reports suggest growth is slowing.
即使2008-09年的政策努力成功阻止了金融崩潰，美國現在也仍走在通往“失去的十年”的途中。過去五年，美國經濟的年均增長率不到1%，與日本當年泡沫破裂時的情形差不多。與此同時，美國就業人口比例從63.1%降至58.4%，就業人數減少了1000多萬。報告顯示，美國經濟增長正在放緩。
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