animal spirits

基本解釋

Your columnist is all in favour of animal spirits. But he nevertheless inclines to the second view.
本專欄作家完全贊成動(dòng)物精神，但還是傾向于第二種觀點(diǎn)。
What is more, if carry trades are the rage again due to animal spirits, why is ultra-safe gold at an all-time high?
還有，如果說(shuō)套利交易是因?yàn)閯?dòng)物精神而再次風(fēng)靡，那么為何超級(jí)安全的黃金也漲到了空前高點(diǎn)？
The animal spirits driving investment can change abruptly, if productivity disappoints, growth expectations dip or the cost of funding rises.
如果生產(chǎn)力令人失望，增長(zhǎng)預(yù)期下降或融資成本上升，推動(dòng)投資的動(dòng)物精神就可能突然改變。

And sentiment--or animal spirits if you prefer Keynes' term--correlates to the current-quarter GDP growth rate.
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These two veterans could yet unbottle the animal spirits that won Paribas a decade ago.
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