尽管中国的增长率仍超过当今绝大部分经济体，但放缓的规模令人担忧，其所造成的短期动态类似于美国或德国GDP从2%的增长变为3%的收缩。
Although China’s growth rate still exceeds that of all but a few economies today, the scale of the slowdown has been wrenching, with short-run dynamics similar to a swing in the United States or Germany from 2% GDP growth to a 3% contraction.