trading blocs 商业集团
groups of countries that agree to lower trade and other economic barriers among themselves
traditional monetary theory 传统货币理论
the theory (first developed by John Maynard Keynes, and therefore sometimes referred to as Keynesian monetary theory) that the nominal interest rate is the opportunity cost of holding money, that the demand for money decreases as the interest rate rises, and that the interest rate is determined to equate the demand and supply of money
transactions demand for money 货币的交易需求
the demand for money arising from its use in buying goods and services
transfer programs 转移支付计划
programs directly concerned with redistribution, such as AFDC and Medicaid, that move money from one group in society to another
transplants 移植
plants constructed in one country by firms based in another. U.S. factories producing Mazdas and Toyotas are Japanese transplants
Treasury bills (T-bills) 短期国库券
bills the government sells in return for a promise to pay a certain amount in a short period, usually less than 180 days
trough 波谷
the bottom of a recession
trusts 信托公司
organizations that attempted to control certain markets in the late nineteenth century; they were designed to allow an individual or group owning a small fraction of the total industry to exercise control
two-tier wage system 双重工资系统
wage systems in which newly hired workers are paid lower wages than established workers are paid