据美媒最新报道，美国2020年经济数据出炉，GDP萎缩3.5%。为二战结束以来最差“成绩”。
美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）报道称，美国第四季度GDP增长4%，低于道琼斯此前预计的4.3%的增长率。财政部数据显示，美国2020年全年GDP萎缩3.5%。
…increased at a 4% pace in the fourth quarter, slightly below the 4.3% expectation from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. In the Commerce report, the annualized pace closed out a 2020 that saw GDP overall decline 3.5% for the full year.
报道称，这是美国自二战结束后经济表现最差的一年。
…the worst year for the US since at least the end of World War II.
美国GDP数据 图自：CNBC
另据美联社报道，该数据是美国GDP自2009年萎缩2.5%以来首次录得负值，同时也是1946年萎缩11.6%以来最惨重的年度经济倒退。
The estimated drop in GDP for 2020 was the first such decline since a 2.5% fall in 2009… That was the deepest annual setback since the economy shrank 11.6% in 1946, when the economy was demobilizing after World War II.
CNCB分析称，美国疫苗推出的速度比预期慢，加上全国范围内病例持续增加、各类活动受限，可能是阻碍第四季度经济增长的因素，并将延续到2021年初。
A slower-than-anticipated rollout in the vaccines coupled with a continued rise in cases and restrictions on activity across the country, likely held back growth in the fourth quarter and could extend into the early part of 2021.
美联社预测，美国2021年的经济预期仍然比较迷茫。经济学家警告，除非在全国范围内派发疫苗，并且政府主导的救援在全国范围内开展，否则持续复苏将难以实现。然而，这一过程可能需要数月时间，在此期间，数百万的美国人将继续挣扎求生。
The outlook for 2021 remains hazy. Economists warn that a sustained recovery won't likely take hold until vaccines are distributed and administered nationwide and government-enacted rescue aid spreads through the economy — a process likely to take months. In the meantime, millions of Americans continue to struggle.
2020年12月31日，空荡的美国纽约时报广场。图自：新华社
美国约翰斯·霍普金斯大学最新数据显示，美国新冠肺炎确诊病例累计超过2573万，死亡病例累计超过43万。
（中国日报（ID：chinadailywx）综合CNBC、AP、环球网报道）
