Chinese consumers now contribute almost as much as America's to global consumer spending growth, while Chinese investment has outstripped the US since 2001.

目前，中国消费者对于全球消费支出增长的贡献几乎与美国相当，而自2001年以来，中国的投资规模一直领先于美国。

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And for the purposes of investment decisions, the second group didn't matter; tracking its spending habits or worrying over its savings rate was a waste of time.

投资决策的目的，第二种人并不关心。调查他们的消费习惯，关心他们的储蓄率根本就是浪费时间。

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Given the scale of the spending, some money is sure to have been wasted, but by and large, investment in roads, railways and the electricity grid will help China sustain its growth in the years ahead.

在如此大规模的支出背景下，一些钱肯定是打水漂了，但是总的来说，大兴道路，铁路和电网会对中国未来数年的持续增长起到帮助。

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The government said increases in consumer spending and exports and improvements in business investment led the growth.

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Wells Fargo chief economist John Silva said, "For an economist it does reflect some underlying improvement in consumer spending and in business investment.

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"But what it means is, if the world is going to grow at the rate it can in the future, the rest of the world is going to have to shift to more domestic sources of growth, investment,and spending,".

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Investment spending has certainly not shown a dramatic response to these historically low rates.

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The really good news was a sharp increase in investment spending, both fixed and residential.

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Moreover, since GDP is an accounting summary, it adds consumption and investment spending together.

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