The economic Crisis Flashcards by Aqua Portail

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Une récession

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A recession/ a slump

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Un ralentissement

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a slowdown

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l’effondrement de l’économie

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the global economic meltdown

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le taux d’inflation/ de chômage

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Inflation rate/ unemployment rate

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La bulle du crédit

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the credit bubble

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La crise du crédit

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the credit crunch

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la bulle/ crise immobilière

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the housing bubble/ crisis

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une banque d’affaires

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an investment bank

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un fond de pension

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a pension fund

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une agence de notation

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a credit-rating agency

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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/stocks

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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 investor

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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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une prime

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a bonus

Q

le délit d’initiés

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insider dealing/ insider trading

Q

un gros capitaliste

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a fat cat (cf Uprising from the British band Muse)

Arracher/ arnaquer/ exploiter

to rip off

La politique économique

economic policy

mesures d'austérité

austerity measures

un plan de relance

a stimulus plan

un plan de sauvetage

a rescue plan

renflouer une entreprise

to bail out a company

renflouement/sauvetage

bailout

les dépenses publiques

public spending

équilibrer un budget

to balance a budget

réductions budgétaires

budget cuts

un déficit budgétaire

a budget deficit

une augmentation des impôts

a tax rise

un contribuable

a taxpayer

Moins cher

economical

économique (le domaine)

economic

une faillite

a bankruptcy

faire faillite

to be bankrupt

une dette

a debt

rationaliser

to streamline

dégraisser ses effectifs

to downsize

restructuration

restructuring

réduire les coûts salariaux/de production

to reduce wage/ production costs

supprimer des emplois

to cut jobs

licencier des salariés

to lay off workers

un licenciement économique

a redundancy

un plan social

a redundancy plan

un parachute doré

a golden parachute/ a golden Handshake

la reprise

recovery

se redresser/ se rétablir

to recover