Capital spending tumbled during the recession more than it had at any time since the Great Depression.
经济衰退期间的资本支出降幅超过了大萧条以来的任何时期。
This shift could occur within the next five years, as investors anticipate the demands of higher capital spending in Asia.
这一转变可能在今后五年内发生，投资者的加入会增加亚洲资本支出的需求。
Consequently, most of the decline in real GDP during prior recessions was attributable to inventory liquidation, which meant cutbacks in production and jobs, and sharp reductions in capital spending.
因此，在先前衰退期间，真实GDP的大部分减少可归咎于存货清算，这意味着生产和工作的缩减，以及资本支出的急剧减少。
If exporters' capital spending is included, net exports accounted for almost half of Japan's total GDP growth in the five years to 2007.
如果将出口商的资本支出计算在内的话，净出口增长将占到日本到2007为止的五年间GDP全部增长的一半。
It also gives them the flexibility to maintain capital spending.
这也给了它们适应资本支出的弹性。
That implies leaner stocks and reductions in discretionary spending, such as capital projects or advertising campaigns.
这意味着降低库存，并减少可支配的开支，比如资本项目或广告宣传。
Many rivals already do this. But few offer to finance the capital spending and guarantee the energy savings, as Siemens does.
好多竞争对手都这么做了，但没几家公司像西门子这样，支持这么大的资本支出，来确保节能。
But that is a big improvement from the second quarter, when they expected capital spending to fall 11.5% over 12 months.
但这已较第二季度出现了明显改善，当时他们预计资本支出将在未来12个月减少11.5%。
Firms are quick to scale back capital spending and consumers skip new cars rather than scrimp on food or healthcare.
公司迅速缩减资本支出，而消费者会放弃购买新车而非在食物或医疗健康方面减少开支。
The survey also showed that job prospects and capital spending are rising as well.
调查同时显示，人们的就业前景与资本支出也在增长。
But now that foreign orders have dried up, firms are trimming their own capital spending.
只是现在出口订单已经枯竭殆尽，企业只好削减自身的资本支出。
Economists are on counting on some improvement in capital spending.
经济学家们都在指望资本支出的一些改善的迹象。
Lower capital spending, they fear, could be a harbinger of slower productivity growth.
更低的资本支出可能是更低的生产率增长的前兆，他们对此深表忧虑。
Exxon Mobil, the biggest, increased its capital spending by 5% in the first quarter.
世界最大石油企业埃克森美孚的资本开支第一季度增长了5%。
Many would have planned capital spending once a year, for instance. Now they do so every few months.
许多企业之前计划每年进行一次资本投入，但现在每隔几个月就有一次。
It would also comply with economic orthodoxy, which holds that, during a tightening, current spending should be cut while capital spending, which adds to the economy’s potential, is preserved.
这种方式同时也符合传统经济学理论，在紧缩政策期间经常性支出将被削减，而增加经济活力的资本支出会被保留。
The downshift in the pace of capital spending is particularly worrying as this was the strongest, most reliable sector of the economy over the past year.
资本支出减速特别令人担忧，因为它是过去一年来表现最强劲、最可靠的经济部门。
"The borrowing lowers the productive types of spending on capital equipment America needs now," says Meltzer.
梅尔泽表示：“美国目前需要加大对资本设备的开支，但借贷却降低了这些开支的成效。”
Sooner or later, it is argued, overcapacity will lead to a plunge in capital spending, bringing the economy crashing to earth.
他们认为，生产力过剩会造成资本支出的下滑，中国经济迟早会陷入崩溃。
Despite a gradual withdrawal of fiscal stimulus measures, moderate advances in consumer and capital spending are expected to underpin firmer growth.
尽管财政刺激政策正逐步撤出，但消费需求和资本支出的温和提升预期将会为更强劲的增长奠定基础。
Finance chiefs have slashed forecasts for earnings and capital spending in 2009 and have raised their estimates for the number of jobs to be axed next year.
首席财务官们大幅调低了2009年收益和资本支出预测，并提高了对明年裁员数量的预期。
Their profits have been fat for the past five years and, on average, companies have been funding their capital spending from their own resources.
它们在过去五年间利润丰厚，而且公司一般利用自身资源支持资本支出。
Iron ore has always been the most important part of Vale's business, sucking up half of its capital spending.
铁矿一直是淡水河谷公司最重要的业务，吸收了该公司资本投入的一半。
Businesses postpone capital spending and hiring until the clouds clear.
企业推迟资本的使用和借贷直至乌云散去之前。
Businesses postpone capital spending and hiring until the clouds clear.
企业推迟资本的使用和借贷直至乌云散去之前。
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