每年12月,《時代》雜誌都會評選年度風雲人物,今年獎落川普(Donald Trump),似乎在意料之中。他還未上任,國際媒體就提醒投資人:2017必懂關鍵字是Trumpflation(川普式通膨),因為他的「美國優先」路線料將加溫國內經濟、推升通膨。
【川普式通膨淺談】 Trumpflation 川普式通膨 A:Do you know the hottest word of 2017 is "Trumpflation"?What does it even mean? (你知道2017最夯字「川普式通膨」是什麼意思嗎?) B:It's talking about the inflation that may appear during Trump's presidential administration. (是在說川普執政期間可能發生的通膨現象。) post-truth 後真相的 A:You know, Trump has made many false assertions without evidence before the election. (川普在選前曾妄下許多毫無根據的斷言。) B:That's how the term "post-truth era" was formed. (這就是為何會有「後真相時代」一詞的原因了。) xenophobia 排外性、仇外 A:As for the buzzword of 2016, it would be "xenophobia" hands down. (至於2016年度字,那就非「仇外」莫屬了。) B:True. Some elections and referendums in the Western countries were driven by populism. (對啊,西方國家幾場公投和選舉都是民粹主義所驅動。) 【延伸關鍵字】 1. fiscal deficit:財政赤字 2. protectionism:保護主義 3. infrastructure:公共建設 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權