The Economic Crisis Flashcards

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un ralentissement

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a slowdown

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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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connaitre 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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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, an estate agent (GB), a realtor (US)

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un promoteur immobilier

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a developper

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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 batiment (secteur économique)

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the building industry

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emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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to borrow money from a bank

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prêter de l’argent à qqn

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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 prêt, un emprunt

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a loan

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un usurier

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a loan shark

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faire un emprunt

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to take out a loan

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une société de crédit immobilier

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a building society

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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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saisir un bien immobilier

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to foreclose a mortgage

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reprendre possession dun bien

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to repossess property

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une saisie (immobilière)

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a foreclosure

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sans abri

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homeless

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la bulle du crédit

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the credit bubble

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la crise du crédit, le 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’affaires

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an investment bank

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un fonds de pension

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a pension fund

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une hausse des taux dintérêt

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inflation rate

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réaliser des bénéfices

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to make a 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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a bankruptcy

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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 / get out of the red

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renflouer une entreprise

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to bail out a company

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renflouement, sauvetage

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bailout

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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 rescue plan

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prendre des mesures d’urgence

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to take emergency measures

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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subventionner

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to subsidize

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la bourse (des valeurs)

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the stock exchange,the stockmarket

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des actions

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shares,stock

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

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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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an invenstor

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un spéculateur

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a speculator

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un fond spéculatif

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a hedge fund

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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-industrialization

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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, un gros capitaliste

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a fat cat

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une prime

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a bonus

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le délit d’initiés

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insider dealing, insider trading

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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un 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 chaine de Ponzi, une pyramide de Ponzi

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a Ponzi scheme

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une escroquerie, une arnaque

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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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la politique économique

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economic policy

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des mesures d’austérité, une politique de rigueur

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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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la déreglementation

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deregulation

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la croissance

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growth

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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 impots

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a tax rise

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l’investissement

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investment

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les dépenses/la demande des consommateurs

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consiumer spending/ demand

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réduire les couts 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 ses 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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des pertes d’emploi, des suppressions d’emploi

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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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la reprise

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recovery

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les affaires reprennent

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buisiness 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, monter

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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