Source: VOA
Date: May 27, 2017
The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster pace than first estimated during the first quarter of this year.
今年第一季度，美國經(jīng)濟增速略高于最初預(yù)期。
The Commerce Department's Friday report shows expansion at a 1.2 percent annual rate in January, February and March. That is nearly twice as fast as the preliminary estimate, but slower than the end of last year, and much more slowly than the 3 percent rate of expansion that the Trump administration says it will achieve.
商務(wù)部于本周五（ 5 月 26 日）發(fā)布了經(jīng)濟運行報告。報告顯示，在今年第一季度，美國經(jīng)濟增長率為 1.2% 。這一數(shù)字達到了最初預(yù)期的近兩倍，但仍低于去年年末，也遠(yuǎn)低于特朗普政府所承諾的 3% 。
Officials routinely revise growth estimates as more complete data becomes available.
隨著相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)不斷完善，官方定期調(diào)整經(jīng)濟增長預(yù)期。
Many experts say the economy is growing slowly because aging baby boomers are leaving the work force to retire, and productivity growth has been disappointingly slow.
許多專家表示，隨著嬰兒潮一代逐漸衰老、退休，經(jīng)濟增長有所放緩，生產(chǎn)力增長也持續(xù)乏力，令人失望。
The chief economist of PNC Bank, Gus Faucher, says growth is "bouncing back" in the second quarter. Faucher says he expects the U.S. economic growth will bounce around somewhat and expand at a 2.3 percent rate this year. Faucher also expects the growth rate to be about the same next year.
PNC銀行的首席經(jīng)濟學(xué)家 Gus Faucher 預(yù)計，今年的經(jīng)濟增長率將“回彈”并保持在 2.3% 左右，這一數(shù)字預(yù)計將維持到明年。
A separate report shows new orders for manufactured goods declined in April. The seven-tenths of a percent decrease followed several months of gains.
另一份報告顯示，在經(jīng)歷數(shù)月的持續(xù)增長后，今年四月份，制造品新訂單縮減了 0.7 個百分點。
Commerce Department 商務(wù)部
manufactured goods 制造品，工業(yè)品
