Managing the economy 管理经济

• handle/run/manage the economy 管理经济
• boost investment/spending/employment/growth 促进投资/支出/就业/增长速度
• stimulate demand/the economy/industry 刺激需求/经济/工业
• cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing 削减投资/支出/借贷
• reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation 减少/遏制通货膨胀
• create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble 创造/刺激增长/需求/繁荣/泡沫
• encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition 鼓励/促进/刺激/抑制创新/竞争
• encourage/work with/compete with the private sector 鼓励私营部门；与私营部门合作/竞争
• increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports 增加/促进美国/农业出口
• ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports 禁止/限制/阻止廉价/国外进口产品
• the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming 经济增长/扩张/收缩/萎缩/放缓/复苏/改善/繁荣
• enjoy an economic/housing/property boom 享受经济/住房/房地产的繁荣期

Economic problems 经济问题

• push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation 抬高价格/成本；加剧通货膨胀
• damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy 破坏工业/经济
• cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession 引起/导致/进入/避开经济衰退
• experience/suffer a recession/downturn 经历/遭受经济衰退
• fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment 抵抗通货膨胀/通货紧缩/失业
• cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment 导致/造成通货膨胀/贫穷/失业
• create/burst a housing/stock market bubble 造成/引爆住房/股票市场泡沫
• cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system 引起股市崩盘/银行系统崩溃
• face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis 面临/陷入财政/经济危机
• be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust 陷入/经历周期性繁荣与萧条

Public finance 公共财政

• cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/ (especially US) defense/education/aid budget 削减/大幅削减/增加/加倍国防/教育/援助预算
• increase/boost/slash/cut public spending 增加/大幅削减/削减公共支出
• increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes 提高/降低税收
• raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates 提高/降低利率
• ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy 放宽/收紧货币政策
• balance the (state/federal) budget 平衡（州/联邦）预算
• achieve/maintain a balanced budget 达到/保持预算平衡
• run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus 有（4 万亿美元的）预算赤字/盈余