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1
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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

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lay-offs

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gagner / perdre des parts de marché

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gain / lose market shares

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une main d’oeuvre hautement qualifiée

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a high-skilled labour force

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accroître la productivité

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to raise productivity

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investir dans la formation et la recherche

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to invest in training and research

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une industrie innovante

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an innovative industry

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des produits haut-de-gamme

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top-of-the-range products (goods, consumer goods)

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Des produits à forte valeur ajoutée

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high added-value products

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la réduction du déficit

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deficit reduction

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les contribuables

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taxpayers

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employés du service public

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public-sector workers

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les ayant-droit / recevant des allocations

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entitlement recipients / people on welfare

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les retraités de l’Etat

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state pensioners

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réduction des dépenses

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spending cuts (to cut public spending)

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rembourser la dette publique

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to pay back / off the public debt

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réduire l’offre d’un service

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to scale back a service

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augmentation d’impôts

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tax rises / to raise taxes

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une niche fiscale

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a tax loophole

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les spéculateurs avides de gains

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greedy speculators

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être peu scrupuleux

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to be unscrupulous

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la croissance

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economic growth

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un taux de croissance à long terme

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a long-term growth rate

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donner un coup de fouet à la croissance

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to boost growth

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redonner confiance aux consommateurs

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bring back consumer confidence

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un marché du travail flexible

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a flexible labour market

50
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retarder l’âge du départ à la retraite

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raising the pension age

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être en activité

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to be in employment

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être au chômage

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to be unemployed / on unemployment benefit

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un pays à bas salaires

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a low-wage country

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une main d’oeuvre bon marché

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cheap labour

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mettre de l’ordre dans les finances publiques

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getting public finances in order

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prêter de l’argent (banque)

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to loan money

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faire un emprunt bancaire

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to take out a bank loan

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les remboursements mensuels

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monthly payments

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le marché des obligation

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the bond market

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