America's economy is needlessly vulnerable, thanks to its addiction to oil (and light taxation of it). Yet inflation is extremely low and the economy has plenty of slack.

对石油的极度依赖(以及较低的石油消费税)，造成美国经济对油价的涨跌十分敏感。

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America's economy is needlessly vulnerable, thanks to its addiction to oil (and light taxation of it).

美国经济并不那么容易崩溃，这要感谢它对石油的依赖(以及宽松的税率)。

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America's economy is needlessly vulnerable, thanks to its addiction to oil (and light taxation of it).

ECONOMIST: Oil and the economy