That would reduce potential American exports and worsen the current account deficit.

这会降低美国的潜在出口能力，令经常项目赤字恶化。

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Back in 2005 and 2006, Mr Roubini sounded warnings about the property bubble and the dangers of the American current-account deficit.

早在2005、2006年，鲁比尼就对房地产泡沫和美国活期储蓄赤字风险发出警告。

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It was far too reliant on spending from increasingly indebted American consumers: witness the country's gaping current-account deficit, which reached almost 6% of GDP in 2006.

它过度依赖负债逐渐增长的美国消费者的支出：亲眼目睹了美国不断加剧增长的活期存款赤字，曾一度在2006年达到GDP的6%。

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And while the American current-account deficit is one important factor at work, others are tending to push in a different direction.

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So long as foreign investors favour American equities, then, its large current-account deficit will not drag down the dollar.

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Many American economists and policymakers have long argued that the current-account deficit does not matter.

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