美国需要一套完全不同的政策来应对后泡沫经济时代。美国人需要储蓄,他们不需要中国制造的另一台平板电视。美国消费者的游戏结束了。扣除通货膨胀因素后的美国个人消费支出,在2008年下半年连续两个季度罕见地出现了下滑,折合年率个人消费支出平均减少3.5%。实际消费需求连续两个季度下降,这样的情况1950年来只出现过四次。而这将会是第一次两个季度 The United States needs a completely different set of policies to deal with post-bubble economic times. Americans need savings, they do not need another flat-panel TV made in China. American consumer game is over. US personal consumption expenditures, net of inflation, showed a rare drop in two consecutive quarters in the second half of 2008, representing an average annualized 3.5% reduction in personal consumption expenditures. Real consumer demand dropped for two consecutive quarters, a situation that only appeared four times in 1950. And this will be the first two quarters