来源：中国日报    转载编辑：段敬裕

美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）报道称，今年年初，奥密克戎感染人数增加阻碍了经济活动，此外，通货膨胀率也飙升到1980年以来的最高水平。

Rising Covid omicron infections to start the year hampered activity across the board, while inflation surging at a level not seen since the early 1980s…

"Well, I'm not concerned about recession," Biden said.

"We also had last quarter consumer spending and business investment and residential investment increased at significant rates, both for leisure as well as hard products." The president also said unemployment is at its "lowest rate since 1970." 

没有人预测现在会经济衰退，但据大家预测，到2022年夏天或2023年可能会出现衰退。

"No one is predicting a recession now — they're predicting the summer, predicting there may be a recession in 2023," Biden said.