【5min晚间全英精读】经济学人：经济要衰退了吗｜Day 7

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For most of this year people have worried about a downturn .

In June Google searches for " recession ” neared a record high .

For a long time , however , the gloomy rhetoric ran ahead of reality .

Output in the median rich country increased by about 1.3% from the end of 2021 to the third quarter of this year - not spectacular , but not bad .

In the year to September the average unemployment rate in the OECD , a club of mostly rich countries that accounts for about 60% of global GDP , fell by close to one percentage point.

Joblessness in the euro area hit an all-time low .

Consumer spending was strong , with hotels , planes and restaurants packed the world over .

在今年的大部分时间里，人们都在担心经济衰退。6月“经济衰退”的谷歌搜索量接近历史新高。然而，很长一段时间里，悲观的言辞都跑在了现实的前面。从2021年底到今年第三季度，中等富裕国家的产出增长了约1.3％—— 算不上出彩，但也还不错。在截至9月的一年中经合组织（一个主要由富裕国家组成的俱乐部，占全球 GDP 的60％左右）的平均失业率下降了近一个百分点。欧元区的失业率创历史新低。消费者支出强劲，世界各地的酒店、飞机和餐馆纷纷爆满。

For most of this year people have worried about a downturn .

• Downton: economic downturn, a downturn in the housing market

In June Google searches for " recession ” neared a record high .

• near v. approach

For a long time , however , the gloomy rhetoric ran ahead of reality .

• Gloomy rhetoric : expressions , language that is designed to sound persuasive but considered not sincere

• Run ahead of

Output in the median rich country increased by about 1.3% from the end of 2021 to the third quarter of this year - not spectacular , but not bad .

• Output : production , product

• Median rich country . average

In the year to September the average unemployment rate in the OECD , a club of mostly rich countries that accounts for about 60% of global GDP , fell by close to one percentage point.

• In the year to September : from January through September

• OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

• One percentage point

Joblessness in the euro area hit an all-time low .

Consumer spending was strong , with hotels , planes and restaurants packed the world over .

• Hit an all-time low

• Packed

• The world over