鉴于过去四年半中实际消费区区0.7%的增长率，大萧条后美国经济能以2.2%的速度缓慢复苏不失为一个奇迹。
Given the 0.7% trend in real consumption growth over the past four and a half years, the US economy’s anemic 2.2% annualized recovery in the aftermath of the Great Recession is almost miraculous.