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小编给你一个美联英语官方免费试听课申请链接： /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：英语短新闻 美国经济硬数据显示不祥预兆 If you utter the words “hard versus soft” in Washington policy circles, it usually signals the start of an earnest foreign policy debate. Not right now, however. 如果你在华盛顿政策圈提到“硬、软”的问题，它通常标志着一场激烈外交政策辩论的开端。不过不是现在。 For as the presidency of Donald Trump approaches its 100-day milestone, a mystery is opening up around the US economy about what the “soft” and “hard” economic signals mean. This is a debate that investors urgently need to watch — not to mention policymakers too. 原因是在唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)上任近100天之际，围绕美国经济出现了一个谜团，焦点问题是“软”、“硬”经济信号意味着什么。这是一场投资者亟需关注的辩论，更别提政策制定者了。 The issue at stake is that if you look at recent so-called soft economic signals — those linked to sentiment — Mr Trump seems to be enjoying extraordinary success. Since he won the election, business confidence has surged: the National Federation of Independent Business survey reached its highest level in January since 2004, while the Business Roundtable CEO economic outlook survey displayed the biggest jump in the first quarter of the year since 2009. 问题是这样的：如果你看看近期的所谓“软”经济信号（与情绪挂钩的经济信号），特朗普似乎获得了极大的成功。自他赢得选举以来，企业信心飙升：全美独立企业联盟(National Federation of Independent Businesses, NFIB)的调查结果显示，今年1月信心指数达到自2004年以来的最高水平，同时商业圆桌会议(Business Roundtable)的调查结果显示，今年第一季度首席执行官们对前景的乐观情绪出现自2009年以来最大幅度的飙升。 More remarkably still, consumer sentiment jumped to a 17-year high last month in the University of Michigan’s survey. That, coupled with a fall in unemployment to 4.5 per cent and rising wages, has prompted consumers to borrow more: credit card debt rose above $1tn for the first time since 2008 in April. 更引人注目的是，密歇根大学(University of Michigan)的调查显示，上月消费者情绪飙升至17年来的最高点，再加上失业率降至4.5%以及薪资上涨，消费者开始加大借款：4月信用卡债务自2008年以来首次升至1万亿美元以上。 But if you look at most “hard” data — statistics about tangible economic activity — Mr Trump’s presidency does not seem a success. Last month manufacturing activity dropped for the first time in seven months, along with housin