14.The Economic Crisis Flashcards

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Une phase de baisse d’activité

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A downturn

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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Une récession

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A recession/ A slump

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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Baisser, diminuer

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To fall, To slide, To drop, To decrease

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S’effondrer, plonger, dégringoler

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To slump, To collapse

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L’immobilier

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Property, Real estate

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent (GB)

A realtor (US)

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La bulle/crise immobilière

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The housing bubble/crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier

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Housing Prices

Property prices

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Le bâtiment (secteur économique)

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The building industry

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Emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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To borrow money From a Bank

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Prêter de l’argent à qqun

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To Lend money To sb

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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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Un prêt, un emprunt

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A loan

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Faire un emprunt

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To take Out a loan

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18
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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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19
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Insolvable, Insolvabilité

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Insolvent, Insolvency

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Un crédit immobilier

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A mortgage

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Contracter un emprunt immobilier

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To raise/take Out a mortgage

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22
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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage his house

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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To pay off a mortgage

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Une saisie (immobilière)

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A foreclosure

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Le secteur bancaire
Banking
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Une banque d’affaires
An investment bank
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Une fonds de pension
A pension fund
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Une hausse de taux d’intérêt
A rise in interest rates
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Réaliser des bénéfices
To make a profit
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Une perte
A loss
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Une faillite, faire faillite
A bankruptcy To Go bankrupt
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Avoir des dettes
To be in debt
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Renflouement, sauvetage
Bailout
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La bourse
The stockmarket
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Actions
Shares, stock(s)
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Un actionnaire
A shareholder
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Épargner
To save
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Économies
Savings
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Un fonds spéculatif
A hedge fund
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Une obligation.
A bond
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La financiarisation de l’eco
The financialization of The economy
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La déindustrialisation
De-industrialization
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Un trader véreux
A rogue trader
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Un gros richard
A fat cat
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Une prime
A bonus
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La fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
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Un fraudeur
A tax dodger
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Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
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Une escroquerie, une arnaque
A scam
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Un escroc
A crook, a swindler, a conman
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Un plan de relance
A stimulus plan
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Stimuler la croissance
To boost growth
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La déréglementation
Deregulation
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Les dépenses publics
Public spending
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Réductions budgétaires drastiques
Drastic budget cuts
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Un déficit budgétaire
A budget deficit
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Une agence de notation
A credit-rating agency
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Une augmentation des impôts
A tax rise
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La demande/dépenses des consommateurs
Consumer spending/demand
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Réduire les coûts salariaux
To reduce wage costs
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Rationaliser
To streamline
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Restructuration
Restructuring
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Pertes d’emplois
Job losses
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L’économie se redresse
The economy is recovering
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La reprise
Recovery
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Les affaires reprennent
Business is picking up
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Une remontée de la croissance
An upswising in economic growth
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Augmenter, monter
To increase, To Go up, To rise
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Monter en flèche,
To Soar, To surge, To rocket