The economic crisis Flashcards

(52 cards)

1
Q

une phase de baisse

A

a downturn

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2
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un ralentissement

A

a slowdown

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3
Q

connaître une période difficile

A

to go through a bad patch

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4
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une récession

A

a slump

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5
Q

l’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

A

the global economic meltdown

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6
Q

être déclenché

A

to be set off

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7
Q

entraîner

A

to pull down

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8
Q

plonger

A

to collapse

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9
Q

dégringoler

A

to tumble

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10
Q

l’immobilier

A

real estate

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11
Q

un agent immobilier

A

an estate agent

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12
Q

un promoteur immobilier

A

a developer

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13
Q

la bulle immobilière

A

the housing bubble

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14
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l’immobilier est dans le marasme

A

the property market is in the doldrums

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15
Q

un emprunteur

A

a borrower

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16
Q

taux variables

A

adjustable rates

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17
Q

taux d’intérêt

A

interest rate

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18
Q

faire un emprunt

A

to take out a loan

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19
Q

un fond de pension

A

a pension fund

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20
Q

une hausse des taux d’intérêts

A

a hike in interest rates

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21
Q

faire faillite

A

to go bankrupt

22
Q

un contribuable

23
Q

un plan de sauvetage

A

a rescue plan

24
Q

appliquer

25
des actions (bourse)
stocks/shares
26
la bourse
the stock exchange
27
un actionnaire
a shareholder
28
épargner
to save
29
économies
saving
30
une obligation
a bond
31
ne pas honorer ses engagements
to default on a loan
32
insolvable
insolvent
33
un emprunt immobilier
a mortgage
34
hypothéquer sa maison
to mortgage one's house
35
rembourser un emprunt immobilier
to pay off a mortgage
36
saisir un bien immobilier
to foreclose a mortgage
37
reprendre possession d'un bien
to repossess property
38
une saisie
a forclosure
39
un répit
a breathing room
40
une arnaque
a scam
41
un escroc
a crook/a swindler
42
un plan de relance
a stimulus plan
43
supprimer des emplois
to cut jobs
44
un fond spéculatif
a hedge fund
45
se préparer
to brace
46
haut-rendement
high-yield
47
le délit d'initiés
insider dealing
48
la fraude fiscale
tax evasion
49
un fraudeur
a tax dodger
50
le secret bancaire
bank secrecy
51
une agence de notation
a credit-rating agency
52
l'économie se redresse
the economy is recovering