It rivals the junk bond crisis of 1989-90, the most severe of the industry downturns in the past 20 years.

它堪比1989年至1990年的垃圾债危机，后者是过去20年来金融行业最为严重的衰退。

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Wall Street firms, which often retrench in downturns , have been nudged down the rankings.

往往在衰退时紧缩业务的华尔街公司已经处于排名的末尾。

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A CENTRAL lesson of the Great Depression was that economies mired in deep downturns seldom recover quickly on their own.

我们从经济大萧条所学到的一条重要经验，就是深陷衰退的经济极少能迅速地自我痊愈。

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By contrast, fiscal stimuli by countries with moderate debt levels had proved to be "particularly helpful" in fighting such downturns .

相比之下，事实证明中等负债水平的国家所实施的财政刺激在应对这种衰退方面“特别有帮助”。

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As ever, New Orleans relies heavily on tourism, with its low-paying jobs and vulnerability to economic downturns .

像以前一样，新奥尔良现在高度依赖旅游业，工作岗位薪资普遍较低且对经济衰退非常敏感。

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Advocates for small business argue that it is a mainstay of employment, even in economic downturns .

小型企业的拥护者认为，小型企业是就业市场的中流砥柱，即使在经济不景气的情况下。

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One of the most salient features of severe downturns is that they tend to accelerate deep economic shifts that are already under way.

严重的经济衰退的一个最重要的特征就是它们倾向于加速已经进行中的深层经济变化。

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For now, China’s buoyant market is strong enough to help the industry weather traditional seasonal downturns .

眼下来看，中国市场足够强劲，能够帮助汽车行业经受住传统的季节性低迷。

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Downturns that follow a financial crisis are typically long and deep (see table).

一次金融危机随之而来的经济衰退基本上是漫长而又深远（看一览表）。

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Typically banks impose savings during downturns , with Goldman Sachs ending free fruit after the dotcom bubble burst.

银行通常会在低迷时期强制施行节约举措，在互联网泡沫破灭后，高盛（GoldmanSachs）终止了免费水果的供应。

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Especially in response to economic downturns , enterprises are exploring virtual worlds to augment their existing collaboration environments.

尤其是为了应对经济低迷，企业正在试图通过虚拟世界改进现有的协作环境。

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Entrepreneurial firms will displace market leaders, as they have in past downturns .

由于在过去的表现欠佳，创业型企业将会更换他们的市场部门领导。

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Cathay, like most of its rivals around the world, is struggling to cope with one of the worst downturns to hit the airline industry.

与全球多数竞争对手一样，国泰正竭力应对航空业最严重的低迷之一。

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Investors face the prospect of much steeper losses on the debts of distressed companies in the credit crunch than in previous downturns .

与以往历次经济低迷比起来，投资者在这次信用紧缩中借给陷于困境公司的债务可能遭受更大损失。

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In the severe downturns of 1973-75 and 1981-82 pay grew steadily, despite plunging output.

在1973年到1975年以及1981年到1982年的严重低迷期间，尽管产出大幅下降，工资却在稳步上涨。

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In the downturns of the 1980s and early 1990s, many millions of workers were bundled into early retirement or on to disability schemes.

在80年代和90年代初期的衰退中，数百万的工人被迫提前退休或者进入残疾人计划。

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This can cause problemswhen trying to compare the depth of downturns in different cycles or acrossdifferent countries.

在比较不同经济周期和国家间的经济低迷深度时，这种方法会产生一些问题。

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During the past quarter-century, the world’s most powerful economy has suffered only two official downturns , in 1990-91 and 2001.

在过去的25年里，这个世界上最强大的经济体只不过经历了两场正式的经济滑坡，分别是1990-1991年和2001年。

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In previous downturns , consumers mostly kept spending, thanks in large part to easily available credit from banks and credit-card companies.

在过去的经济萧条中，消费者能维持大部分开支，这很大程度上得益于可以很容易地从银行和信用卡公司取得信贷。

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The protectionist lobbies that have wreaked havoc during past economic downturns are weaker or more ambivalent this time round.

在过去几次经济衰退期间曾造成严重破坏的保护主义游说活动，这次势力有所减弱，或者态度变得更加模棱两可。

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During downturns , the strong get stronger and the weak fade away.

在经济不景气时期，强者愈强，弱者凋萎。

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During previous downturns , unemployment in America has risen more sharply than elsewhere but then fallen more quickly, too.

在以前的经济下行时期，美国失业率上升得比其他任何地方都要快，但是失业率降得也更快些。

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In previous downturns , businesses have cut back on overseas assignments to reduce costs.

在以往的经济低迷期，为了降低成本，企业会减少外派员工。

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In previous downturns , Asians were forced to take nasty medicine.

在以往的衰退中，亚洲人被迫吞下苦果。

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A single element linked these six big downturns .

这6次大规模低迷有一个共同之处。

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That is why Asian countries had some of the largest downturns and steepest upturns in the Great Recession and the following recovery.

这就是为什么亚洲国家最大的衰退和大萧条最陡落及以下恢复一些。

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It’s the stuff of bank runs, stock-market crashes and once-in-a-century economic downturns .

这两种情绪交织在一起会引发极其危险的后果：银行挤兑浪潮、股市崩盘以及百年一遇的经济危机。

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These sectors are shielded more from financial downturns , depending less on discretionary consumer income.

这些板块对经济下行周期有更强的抵抗力，并且受消费数据影响小。

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This undergrowth not only made subsequent downturns more dangerous; it also made the available policy instruments less reliable in response.

这些灌木丛不仅增加了未来经济低迷的危险性；还降低了各种政策工具在回应时的公信力。

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Such changes tend to occur in downturns , but this time they may be especially pronounced.

这样的改变往往会发生在低潮时期，但这一次可能会格外明显。

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