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The economic crisis: boom and bust Flashcards

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Une phase be baisse/ Un fléchissement de l’activité (2)

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A downturn, a downswing

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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Une récession (2)

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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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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent/ A relator

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La bulle/La crise immobilière

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The housing bubble/crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier (3)

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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 bâtiment (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 quelqu’un

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To lend money to somebody

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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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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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Insolvable/Insolvabilité

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Insolvent/Insolvency

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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 of a mortgage

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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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SDF

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Homeless

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La crise 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
An investment bank
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Une hausse des taux d'intérêt
A rise/A hike in interest rates
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Faire faillite/ Une faillite
To go bankrupt/A bankrupcy
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Avoir des dettes
To be in debt
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Etre dans le rouge | Sortir du rouge
To be in red | To get out of the red
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Renflouer une entreprise
To bail out a company
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Un contribuable
A taxpayer
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Un plan de sauvetage
A rescue plan
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Jouer en Bourse
To speculate on the stock exchange
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Actions cotées en Bourse
Common stock
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Epargner/Economies
To save/Saving
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Les petits épargnants
Small savers
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Une obligation pourrie
A junk bond
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La financiarisation de l'économie
The financialization of the economy
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Le désindustrialisation
De-industrialization
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Un trader véreux/ Un capitaliste voyous
A rogue trader/A rogue capitalist
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C'est un gros capitaliste/
He's a fat cat
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Une prime
A bonus
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Le délit d'initiés
Insider trading
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Un fraudeur
A tax dodger
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Le secret bancaire
Bank secrecy
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Une chaine de Ponzi
A Ponzi Scheme
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Un escroc (3)
A crook/A swindler/a conman
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La politique économique
Economic policy
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Des mesures d'austérité
Austerity measures
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Un plan de relance (2)
A stimulus plan/A stimulus package
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Stimuler la croissance
To boost growth
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Les dépenses publiques
Public spending
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Équilibrer un budget
To balance a budget
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Réductions budgétaires drastiques
Drastic budget cuts
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Une agence de notation
A credit-rating agency
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Réduire les couts salariaux/ de poduction
To reduce wage/production costs
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Rationaliser
To streamline
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Dégraisser les effectifs
To downsize
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L’Économie se redresse/ La reprise
The economy is recovring/ Recovry
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Les affaires reprennent
Business is picking up

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