Picture a (inaudible) in terms of how corona virus is impacting America's economy and that's where we start today's edition of CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. Since the summer of 2009 when the Great Recession came to an end, the United States Gross Domestic Product had grown in every quarter, every three months period of the financial calendar.
想象一下冠狀病毒是如何影響美國經濟的。這就是我們今天CNN 10頭條新聞。我是卡爾·阿祖茲。自2009年夏季大衰退結束以來，美國的國內生產總值在每個季度，每三個月的財政日曆期間都有所增長。
It was America's longest economic expansion in history but now according to many economists, it's over. The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that Gross Domestic Product fell by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year. That's its worst drop since the country was in the midst of the Great Recession in 2008 and it's because of all the closures, shutdowns and especially the drop in consumer spending brought on by the corona virus.
這是美國曆史上持續時間最長的經濟擴張，但現在許多經濟學家認為，它已經結束。美國商務部星期三說，今年第一季度的國內生產總值下降了4.8%。這是自2008年美國陷入大衰退以來最嚴重的一次下降，這是由於所有的關閉、停工，尤其是由冠狀病毒導致的消費者支出下降所致。
Consumer spending is the biggest factor in America's GDP. Recession is generally defined as when GDP shrinks for two quarters in a row and economists increasingly believe that one started last month. There's more data on the way.
消費者支出是美國GDP中最大的因素。經濟衰退通常被定義為GDP連續兩個季度萎縮，經濟學家越來越相信上個月就開始了。還有更多的數據還未出來。
The U.S. government's monthly jobs report is set to come out tomorrow. It will give estimates on the number of jobs lost and the unemployment rate, the percentage of American workers who don't have a job, but this is a unique situation. It was brought on by sudden shocks of businesses closing and people staying home. So it's hard to say how quickly the economy will recover after corona virus fears have passed or what it will look like when it does.
美國政府的月度就業報告將於明天公佈。報告中包含出失業人數和失業率，也就是沒有工作的美國工人的百分比，但這是一種獨特的情況。這是由企業倒閉和人們呆在家裡的突然衝擊引起。因此，很難說在人們對冠狀病毒的恐懼過去之後，經濟會以多快的速度復甦，也不知道復甦後的經濟會是什麼樣子。
