The Economic Crisis Flashcards

(136 cards)

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Des hauts et des bas

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Boom and bust

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Une phase de baisse

Un fléchissement de l’activité

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A downturn

A downswing

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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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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La déflation

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Deflation

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La stagflation

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Stagflation

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What was the most severe economic recession in the 20th century?

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The Great Depression

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Déclenchée

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Set off

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When was the Wall Street crash?

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The 29th of October 1929

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Entraîner

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To pull down

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Baisser

Diminuer

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To fall
To slide
To decrease
To drop

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S’effondrer
Plonger
Dégringoler

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To slump
To collapse 
To plummet
To plunge
To tumble
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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

A realtor

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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
Real estate prices

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L’immobilier est dans le marasme

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The property market is in the doldrums

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Le bâtiment (secteur économique)

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The building industry

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Emprunteur

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Borrower

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What is a subprime loan?

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A loan to a borrower who perhaps will not be able to pay it back

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Biens

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Assets

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NINJA loans
Loans to people with No Income, No Jobs or Assets
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Which % of subprime loans granted in recent years in the US had adjustable rates?
80%
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Taux variables
Adjustable rates
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To default
To stop paying one's monthly installments
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Emprunter de l'argent à une banque
To borrow money from a bank
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Prêter de l'argent à quelqu'un
To lend money to somebody
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Taux d'intérêt
Interest rate
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Un prêt | Un emprunt
A loan
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Un usurier
A loan shark
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Faire un emprunt
To take out a loan
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Une société de crédit immobilier
A building society
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Ne pas honorer ses engagements
To default on a loan
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Insolvable
Insolvent
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L'insolvabilité
Insolvency
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Un crédit hypothécaire | Un emprunt immobilier
A mortgage
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Contracter un emprunt immobilier
To take out | To raise a mortgage
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Hypothéquer sa maison
To mortgage one's house
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Une mensualité
A monthly instalment
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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier
To pay off a mortgage
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Saisir un bien immobilier
To foreclose a mortgage
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Reprendre possession d'un bien
To repossess property
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Une saisie (immobilière)
A foreclosure
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Sans abri
Homeless
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Répit
Breathing room
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La bulle du crédit
The credit bubble
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La crise du crédit | Le resserrement du crédit
The credit crunch
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Le secteur bancaire
Banking
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Une banque d'affaires
An investment bank
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Un fonds de pension
A pension fund
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Une hausse des taux d'intérêt
A rise in interest rates | A hike in interest rates
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Le taux d'inflation
Inflation rate
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How was called the speculative bubble due to new technologies and that burst in 2000 ?
The dotcom bubble
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Récupérer
To recoup
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Réaliser des bénéfices
To make a profit
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Une perte
A loss
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Faire faillite
To go bankrupt
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Une faillite
A bankruptcy
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Une dette
Debt
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Avoir des dettes | Être endetté
To be in debt
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Être dans le rouge | Sortir du rouge
To be in the red | To get out of the red
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Renflouer une entreprise
To bail out a company
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Renflouement | Sauvetage
Bailout
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Un contribuable
A taxpayer
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Un plan de sauvetage
A rescue plan
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Prendre des mesures d'urgence
To take emergency measures
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Une subvention
A subsidy
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Subventionner
To subsidize
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AMF | Autorité des Marchés Financiers
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission
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Appliquer
To enforce
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Valeurs boursières
Securities
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Actions
Stocks
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La bourse (des valeurs)
The stock exchange | The stockmarket
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Des 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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Les petits épargnants
Small savers
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Une obligation
A bond
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Une obligation pourrie
A junk bond
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Un investisseur
An investor
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Un spéculateur
A speculator
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Un fonds spéculatif
A hedge fund
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Consolider
To shore up
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Avec 5 ans de recul
With half a decade hindsight
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La financiarisation de l'économie
The financialization of the economy
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La désindustrialisation
De-industrialization
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Un financier
A financier
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Un trader véreux
A rogue trader
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Un capitaliste-voyou
A rogue capitalist
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Un gros richard | Un gros capitaliste
A fat cat
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Une prime
A bonus | Pl: bonuses
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Le délit d'initiés
Insider dealing | Insider trading
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La fraude fiscal
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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Le secret bancaire
Bank secrecy
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Une chaîne de Ponzi | Une pyramide de Ponzi
A Ponzi scheme
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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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A Ponzi scheme
A fraudulent investment operation that consists in paying investors interest from their own money or from the money paid by subsequent investors
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La politique économique
Economic policy
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To how many years imprisonment was Bernard Madoff sentenced ?
150 years
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Des mesures d'austérité | Une politique de rigueur
Austerity measures
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Un plan de relance
A stimulus plan | A stimulus package
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L'assouplissement quantitatif
Quantitative easing
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Stimuler la croissance
To boost growth
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Le dérèglementation
Deregulation
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The central bank of the US
The fed | The Federal Reserve System
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La croissance
Growth
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Les dépenses publiques
Public spending
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Équilibrer un budget
To balance a budget
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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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L'investissement
Investment
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Les dépenses des consommateurs | La demande des consommateurs
Consumer spending | Consumer demand
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Ventes automobiles
Automotive sales
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Réduire les coûts salariaux | Réduire les coûts de production
To reduce wage | To reduce production costs
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Rationaliser
To streamline
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Dégraisser ses effectifs
To downsize
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Restructuration
Restructuring
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Licencier des salariés
To make workers redundant | To lay off workers
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Supprimer des emplois
To cut jobs
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Des pertes d'emplois | Des suppressions 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 upswing 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
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Who is the president of the fed?
Janet Yellen since 2014)