英国经济复苏预期加强

 　　英国经济复苏预期加强

　　LONDON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- British economy is expected to increase 2.4 percent for this year with the economic recovery and sustainability of the uprising gaining momentum¹, according to a poll of economists³ issued on Thursday.

　　The annual poll involving 100 economist² conducted by the Financial Times said "after three yeas of virtual stagnation⁴ amid an intense global debate over the austerity measures taken by the UK, the country's economy was one of the few to beat expectation over the second half of last year, when the recoveries in the euro area and Japan faltered⁵."

　　According to forecasts made by the economists, British gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 2.4 percent in 2014, much higher than a forecast of 1.4 percent they made a year ago.

　　British economy grew by 0.8 percent in the third quarter of 2013 from the previous three months, official figures showed.

　　A large majority of the respondents believes the recovery will at least maintain its recent strength and household will begin to feel better off in 2014.

　　They said that in the new year, wages would begin to grow faster than prices and unemployment continues to fall.

　　The respondents forecast that inflation rate, also known as consumer price index (CPI), will be 2.4 percent this year, up from a forecast of 2.3 percent a year ago.

　　Unemployment rate prediction is down to 7.1 percent for 2014, compared with the previous 7.5 percent.

　　British central bank, the Bank of England, explicitly⁶ targeted 7 percent unemployment as its threshold point for considering a rise in the bank rate from its current historic low of 0.5 percent where it has been since early 2009.

　　Official figures showed British unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent for the three months ending in October, which was down 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous period from May to July.

　　However, the economist also pointed⁷ out many weaknesses in British economy such as high debts and poor trading performance.

　　Diane Coyle of Enlightenment Economics warned that the supply side of the economy was holding it back.

　　"There are multiple and long-standing problems with the economy's capacity to produce and exports, from long-term sills gaps, and a lack of investment in both infrastructure⁸ and business, to the absence of strong supply chains in many industries and an absence of finance for growing companies," the Financial Times quoted the economist Coyle as saying.

1 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 stagnation   

n. 停滞

参考例句：

• Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
• Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。

5 faltered   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
• "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”

6 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。