因为最近个人消费和生产出现增长停滞迹象，日本政府2月21日下调对经济情况的评估，为三个月来初次。剖析指出，因为通胀持续施压消费支出等原因影响，日本国内需要不足，今年日本央行还可能结束负利率政策，日本经济的脆弱性正进一步凸显。下面请看有关双语报道。
Kobayashi Shinichiro of Mitsubishi UFJ research and Consulting says Japan's economic trend hasn't changed much and the economy remains sluggish.
三菱UFJ研究咨询企业的经济学家小林信一郎表示，日本的经济趋势没太大变化，经济依旧低迷。
He says consumers have become more budget-minded amid rising inflation. Spending on services was also slow.
他说，在通货膨胀加剧的状况下，买家变得愈加精打细算。 服务业支出增长也非常缓慢。
"Personal spending needs to be stronger to improve the economy. To that end, higher pay will be necessary. So, I think the results of this year's spring wage negotiations will have a major impact on future economic trends."
“个人支出需要愈加强劲，才能改变经济。 为此，有必要提升薪资。 因此，我觉得今年春天薪酬谈判的结果将对将来经济走势产生重大影响。”
Those labor talks will peak this week. Kobayashi adds that if wages go up, companies will raise prices, inflation will increase and that would eventually lead to a change in the central bank's monetary policy.
本周，薪酬谈判将迎来高潮。 小林补充说，假如薪资上涨，企业就会提升商品价格， 通胀将会上升，这最后将致使央行货币政策的改变。
重点词语
economic trend 经济趋势
be necessary 是必要的 ; 有必要
of this year 今年的 ; 今
impact on 影响 ; 对…冲击，碰撞 ; 对…之影响
economic trends 经济趋势 ; 经济走势 ; 经济的趋势 ; 经济发展势头
this week 本周
and that 而且，并且
lead to 致使 ; 通向
central bank 中央银行
monetary policy 货币政策
