“减”字当头,2001年的世界经济从一开始就面临不佳。全球股市一蹶不振,美联储11次减息,企业大规模减员,就业率下降,劳动力市场疲软。各大国际机构对全球经济增长率的预测也是一减再减。悲剧性的“9·11”偏偏发生在全球主要地区经济都在减速的时刻,无疑是雪上加霜。世界贸易随之急剧下降,新兴市场商品价格迅速走低,金融市场动荡不安。 With the word “minus”, the world economy in 2001 faced a poor situation from the very beginning. The global stock market slump, the Fed cut interest rates 11 times, large-scale corporate staff attrition, employment decline, weak labor market. The forecasts of the global economic growth rate by major international agencies are also reduced and then decreased. The tragic September 11th happened no later than the moment when the major economies in the world are slowing down. As a result, the world trade dropped sharply, the prices of commodities in emerging markets were rapidly declining, and the financial markets were in turmoil.