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The crisis Flashcards

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Une crise

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a slump / a recession / a crisis

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Une reprise

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a boom / a recovery

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la bulle immobilière

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the housing bubble

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prévisible / imprévisible

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foreseeable / unforeseeable

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un manque de prévoyance

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a lack of foresight

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s’emballer / se laisser emporter

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to get carried away

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un déficit des finances publiques

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a / the public-sector deficit

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avoir un / des déficits importants

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tu run large deficits

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un niveau d’endettement

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a / the high / low debt level

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une dette en pourcentage du PIB

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a debt-to-GDP ratio

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une dette souveraine

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a sovereign debt

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un investisseur souverain

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a sovereign investor / fund

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une monnaie

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a currency

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la livre sterling

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sterling (pas d’article), mais the dollar et the euro

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une obligation d’état

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a government bond

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bon / obligation d’épargne du trésor

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a savings / treasury bond

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un plan d’austérité

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an austerity package

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une politique d’austérité

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an austerity policy

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rassurer les marchés

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to reassure the markets

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une agence de notation

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a rating agency

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renflouer une banque

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to bail out a bank

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faire faillite

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to fail / to go bankrupt

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fermer (entreprise)

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to close down

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licencier

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to lay off workers

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licenciement massis
lay-offs
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gagner / perdre des parts de marché
gain / lose market shares
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une main d'oeuvre hautement qualifiée
a high-skilled labour force
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accroître la productivité
to raise productivity
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investir dans la formation et la recherche
to invest in training and research
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une industrie innovante
an innovative industry
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des produits haut-de-gamme
top-of-the-range products (goods, consumer goods)
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Des produits à forte valeur ajoutée
high added-value products
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la réduction du déficit
deficit reduction
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les contribuables
taxpayers
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employés du service public
public-sector workers
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les ayant-droit / recevant des allocations
entitlement recipients / people on welfare
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les retraités de l'Etat
state pensioners
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réduction des dépenses
spending cuts (to cut public spending)
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rembourser la dette publique
to pay back / off the public debt
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réduire l'offre d'un service
to scale back a service
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augmentation d'impôts
tax rises / to raise taxes
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une niche fiscale
a tax loophole
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les spéculateurs avides de gains
greedy speculators
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être peu scrupuleux
to be unscrupulous
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la croissance
economic growth
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un taux de croissance à long terme
a long-term growth rate
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donner un coup de fouet à la croissance
to boost growth
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redonner confiance aux consommateurs
bring back consumer confidence
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un marché du travail flexible
a flexible labour market
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retarder l'âge du départ à la retraite
raising the pension age
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être en activité
to be in employment
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être au chômage
to be unemployed / on unemployment benefit
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un pays à bas salaires
a low-wage country
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une main d'oeuvre bon marché
cheap labour
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mettre de l'ordre dans les finances publiques
getting public finances in order
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prêter de l'argent (banque)
to loan money
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faire un emprunt bancaire
to take out a bank loan
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les remboursements mensuels
monthly payments
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le marché des obligation
the bond market

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