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Now surveys suggest that both manufacturing and services are contracting gently. A consumption boom in parts of Europe is already fading: monetary policy itself is weighing on bigger debt-financed ...

现在调查显示，制造业和服务业都在温和收缩。欧洲部分地区的消费热潮已经在消退：货币政策本身正在对大规模的举债购买行为造成压力，抵押贷款持有者正在减少消费，以偿还更多的月度还款。不断下降的市场利率应该有助于缓解消费者和投资者的财务状况，从而降低...

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Finance and economics. Recession response. Euro moans. The continent's economy is in a bad way. Policymakers risk being slow to react. European stocks and bonds have had a lot to deal with in re...

财经 应对经济衰退 欧洲的怨言 欧洲的经济状况很糟糕。政策制定者有反应迟缓的危险。 近年来，欧洲的股票和债券需要应对很多问题，尤其是战争、能源危机和飙升的通胀。现在，情况正在好转。自11月初以来，德国DAX股指已经上涨了14%。...

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Finance and economics. Economies of scales. The obesity pay gap is worse than previously thought. Obese people experience discrimination in many parts of their lives, and the workplace is no exce...

财经 体重秤经济 肥胖造成的工资差距比之前想象的更为严重 肥胖人士在生活的许多方面都受到歧视，职场也不例外。长期以来的研究表明，肥胖工作者（即身体质量指数为30及以上的人）的收入明显低于身材苗条的同侪。在美国，几个州政府和地方政...

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Another organisation on which Gazans depend is Hamas, whose administrative branch runs the strip’s government. Since it took power, Hamas has expanded the public payroll from roughly 20,000 to 50,0...

加沙人依赖的另一个组织是哈马斯，哈马斯的行政部门管理着加沙地带的政府。自上台以来，哈马斯已经将公共雇员的人数从大约2万人扩大到5万人。去年，哈马斯的支出对GDP增长的贡献率为0.8%，而所有家庭和企业支出的贡献率为0.3%。 由于慈善...

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Finance and economics. War by other means. In its fight against Hamas, Israel uses economic weapons as well as military ones. In less than a fortnight, some 3,500 Gazans have been killed, 12,000 ...

财经 使用另一种手段的战争 在打击哈马斯的战斗中，以色列不仅使用军事武器，还使用经济武器。 在不到两周的时间里，大约3500名加沙人被杀，12000人受伤，100多万人流离失所--美国和联合国正尝试为加沙人民开辟一条进入埃及的通...

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Finance and economics. Death valley. America's credit unions are exposed to a nasty consequence of higher rates. The federal reserve's interest-rate rises are causing pain in the land of casinos: ...

财经 死亡谷 美国信用社面临高利率带来的恶劣后果 美联储加息给赌城带来了痛苦：内华达州比其他任何州都有更多的人在谷歌上搜索如何退还（断供的）汽车。然而，尽管他们痛苦不堪，但并不孤苦伶仃。在全美，拖欠还款至少60天的高风险汽车借款人所占...

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Gloom is now spreading across the continent. The global economy is weakening, and order books have plenty of blank pages. State support for households is also running out. Retail energy price...

全球经济正在走弱，订单簿上有大量的空白页。国家对家庭的支持也正在耗尽。能源零售价格仍高于去年危机前的水平，实际收入尚未恢复。采购经理指数调查显示，8月份服务业活动收缩。该行业正处于两年半以来的最低水平。 正如欧洲央行政策制定者所希望的...

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Finance and economics. Brace for impact. The Euro-zone economy increasingly looks to be heading for trouble. Europe’s summer was a strange mixture of heavy rainfall and wildfires. The continen...

财经 准备迎接冲击 欧元区经济看起来越来越有可能陷入困境。 欧洲的夏天是暴雨和野火的奇异混合。欧洲大陆的经济也受到极端情况的困扰。通胀依然火热：与去年同期相比，8月份的物价上涨了5.3%。阴云密布的增长前景让官员们日益感到担忧。...