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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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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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délfation

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deflation

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stagflation

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stagflation

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crise déclenchée par

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the crisis was set off by

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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 tumble

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l’immobilier

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property

real estate

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agent immobilier

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estate agent (GB)
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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le prix de l’immobilier

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housing/ property/ 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)

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the building industry

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Subrime

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loan to a borrower with a “less-than-perfect credit history”, in other words, someone who perhaps will not be able to pay it back.

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biens (ou atouts)

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assets

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taux variables

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adjustable rates

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emprunter de l’argent à la banque

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to borrow money from the bank

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prêter de l’argent à quelqu’un

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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 usurier

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a loan shark

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emprunt/ prêt

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a loan

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une société de crédit immobilière

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a building society (GB)

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faire un emprunt

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to take out a loan

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ne pas honorer ses engagements

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to default on a loan

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insolvable

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insolvent

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l’insolvabilité

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insolvency

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un crédit hypothécaire

un emprunt immobilier

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a mortgage

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contracter un emprunt immobilier

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to take out/ to raise a mortgage

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hypothéquer sa maison

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to mortgage one’s house

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une mensualité

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a monthly instalment

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rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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to pay off a mortgage

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reprendre possession d’un bien

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to repossess property

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saisir un bien immobillier

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to forclose a mortgage

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sans abri

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homeless

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donner au gens le répit dont ils ont besoin

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to give people the breathing room they need

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la bulle du crédit

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the credit bubble

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la crise/ resserrement du crédit

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the credit crunch

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le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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une banque d’affaire

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an investment bank

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une fonds de pension

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a pension fund

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une hausse des taux d’intérêt

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a rise/hike in interest rates

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le taux d’inflation

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the inflation rate

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46
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La Bulle internet a finalement explosé

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the Dotcom bubble eventually burst

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47
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récupérer

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to recoup

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48
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réaliser des bénéfices

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to make profit

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une perte

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a loss

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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une faillite

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bankrupcy

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une dette

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debt

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avoir des dettes/ être endetté

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to be in debt

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être dans le/ sortir du rouge

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to be in/ to get out of the red

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un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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un plan de sauvetage

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a recovery plan

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renflouement/ sauvetage

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bailout

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prendre des mesures d’urgence

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to take emergency measures

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subventionner

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to subsidize

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appliquer

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to enforce

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valeurs boursières

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the securities

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la bourse des valeurs

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the stock exchange/ stockmarket

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des actions

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shares/ stocks

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épargner

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to save

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économies

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savings

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les petits épargnants

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small savers

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une obligation

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a bond

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une obligation pourrie

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a junk bond

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un investisseur

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a investor

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un spéculateur

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a speculator

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un fonds spéculatif

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a hedge fund

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une banque d’étendue mondiale

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a sprawling global bank

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consolider

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to shore up

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s’ensuivre/ découler

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to ensue

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Avec dix ans de recul

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with a decade’s hinsight

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la financiarisation de l’économie

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the financialization of the economy

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la désindustrialisation

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de de-industriulaization

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un financier

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a financier

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un trader véreux

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a rogue trader

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un capitaliste voyou

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a rogue capitalist

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un gros richard

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a fat cat

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une prime

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a bonus

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un délit d’initiés

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an insider dealing/ trading

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fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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fraudeur

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a tax dodger

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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le secret bancaire

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bank secrecy

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Une pyramide de Ponzi

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a Ponzi scheme

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une escroquerie

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a scam

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un escroc

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a crook
a swindler
a conman

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président du conseil d’administration

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board chairman

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la politique économique

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economic policy

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des mesures d’austérité

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austerity measures

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un plan de relance

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a stimulus plan

a stimulus package

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l’assouplissement quantitatif

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quantitative easing

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stimuler la croissance

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to boost growth

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déréglementation

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deregulation

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politique monétaire

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monetary policy

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les dépenses publiques

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public spending

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équilibrer un budget

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to balance a budget

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réductions budgétaires drastiques

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drastic budget cuts

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un déficit budgétaire

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a budget deficit

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une agence de notation

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a credit-rating agency

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une augmentation des impôts

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a tax rise

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l’investissement

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investment

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les depenses/ la demande des consommateurs

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consumer spending/ demand

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ventes automobile

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automotive sales

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réduire les coûts salariaux/ de production

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to reduce wage/ production costs

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rationaliser

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to streamline

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dégraisser les effectifs

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to downsize

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restructuration

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restructuring

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licencier des salariés

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to make workers redundant

to lay off workers

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supprimer des emplois

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to cut jobs

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les pertes/ suppressions d’emplois

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job losses

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l’économie se redresse

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the economy is recovering

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a reprise

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recovery

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les affaires reprennent

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business is picking up

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une remontée de la croissance

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an upswing in economic growth

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augmenter

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to increase
to go up
to rise

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monter en flèche

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to soar
to surge
to rocket

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