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Many high-skill service workers
started
to work remotely,
withdrawing spending from big-city consumer service industries dependent on their demand
.
许多高技术服务工作者开始远程工作，从依托于他们的需求而生存的大城市消费服务行业中转身离开。
withdrawing... 现在分词做伴随状语
再过19天，美国政府就会耗尽资金，并陷入历史性的债务违约——美国国债曾被认为是世界上最安全的资产之一。
The
debtceiling
is the total limit on how much the US government is allowed to borrowfor its funding needs. America has been running large budget deficits in recentyears and borrowed heavily during the pandemic, meaning that its debt pile hasbeen expanding.
债务上限是指美国政府为满足资金需求而允许借款总额的上限。美国近几年一直承担着巨额预算赤字，并在疫情期间大举借债，这意味着它的债务规模一直在扩大。
Thecurrent ceiling is $28.5 trillion. Meanwhile, the Biden administration isattempting to force through even greater spending measures including a $3.5trillion package. Congress must
sign off
on a deal to suspend or raise the debtceiling to stop the government running out of money.
目前的上限是28.5万亿美元。与此同时，拜登政府正试图强制推行包括3.5万亿美元一揽子计划在内的更大的支出措施。国会必须签署一项协议来暂时阻止债务水平上升，或提高债务上限，从而防止政府用尽资金。
Iflawmakers do not reach an agreement by the end of Thursday, a governmentshutdown will be triggered on Friday. Essential government services wouldcontinue, such as national security, but many would close and hundreds ofthousands of federal workers would be
furloughed
. A failureby Congress and Yellen to find a solution before October 18 would cause the USgovernment to default, meaning it cannotpay to service its debts. It would, therefore, run out of money.
如果议员们不能在周四之前达成协议，那么周五将导致政府停摆。即使核心政府功能还会继续，比如国家安全，但许多部门将关停，数十万名联邦工作人员将被迫休假。
如果国会和耶伦无法在10月18日之前找到解决方案，那么将导致美国政府债务违约，这意味着美国无力偿还债务。由此，美国将用尽资金。
OnTuesday, Yellen warned in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that nottaking action could result in “substantial disruptions to financial markets, asheightened uncertainty can
exacerbate
volatility and erode investorconfidence”. RandyKroszner, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, said: “Ifit truly changes people’s perception of the ability and willingness of the USto repay its debt, that will lead to higher interest rates.
周二，耶伦给众议院议长南希•佩洛西致信提醒，不采取行动可能导致“金融市场的严重混乱，因为不确定性增加可能加剧市场的波动性，侵蚀投资者信心”。美国联邦储备委员会前成员兰迪•克罗斯纳表示:“如果这真的改变了人们对美国偿还债务能力和意愿的看法（
投资者认为风险提高
），这将会带来（投资者要求）更高的利息。”
Congressmust reach an agreement or experimental measures must be put in place to stopthe crisis reaching that point.
If a
partisan
deal cannot be reached, asuspension or rise in the debt ceiling can be passed through a process known asbudget
reconciliation,
due to Democrats’ slender majority in the Senate.
But that will take time and is not guaranteed to work, given that someconservative Democrats are
wary
of President Biden’s plans to
ramp up
spending.
国会必须达成协议，或必须采取实验性措施，来阻止危机发展到那个地步。
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但这需要时间，并不能保证会奏效，因为一些保守的民主党人对拜登总统增加支出的计划持谨慎态度。
本文节选自：The Telegraph（电报）
发布时间：2021.09.29
作者：Tom Rees
原文标题：Is the US going to run out of money?
