如果以通常的统计指标来衡量,1990年开始的美国经济衰退表现得很平缓。总产值在扣除通货膨胀因素后,下肤幅度仅及通常衰退程度的一半,而工业产出水平只下降3.7%,这是战后所有衰退中程度最轻的一次。但是整个美国经济看来并没有迅速从平缓的衰退中复苏。尽管实际产量在近一年中首次出现增长,使1991年第三季度出现了复苏迹象,但是目前的经济状况仍然软弱无力。因此,目前经 The U.S. economic recession, which began in 1990, has shown a flat performance, measured by usual statistical indicators. Gross domestic product After discounting inflation, the rate of decline was only half the usual decline, while the level of industrial output dropped only by 3.7%, the lightest of all post-war recessions. But the entire U.S. economy does not appear to have been rapidly recovering from a slow recession. Although actual output rose for the first time in nearly a year, showing signs of recovery in the third quarter of 1991, the current economic situation remains weak. Therefore, at present