Ka kaluar një vit që kur Presidenti Bush fitoi mandatin e dytë në post. Gjatë fushatës zgjedhore ekonomia amerikane u bë temë mosmarrëveshjesh dhe zoti Bush premtoi se do ta përmirësonte atë po të ri-zgjidhej. Si ka qenë progresi i ekonomisë që nga ajo kohë. Andrew Walker njofton:

Dëgjo lajmin

During the campaign, Mr Bush's Democratic party opponents repeatedly pointed out what had happened to the job market in his first term. He was the first President since the great depression of the 1930s to seek re-election with fewer people in jobs than when he started. In the meantime, American businesses have been creating more jobs. According to Department of Labor figures, about one and three quarter million more people have jobs now than a year ago. And unemployment, at five point one per cent is relatively low. But there are sceptics who say that the US is still not creating enough jobs to keep up with a growing workforce.

Mr Bush was re-elected with a commitment to reduce the deficit in the government's finances. His critics put much of the blame for the deficit on the tax cuts of his first term, although a short recession just after he took office was also a factor. The deficit has come down by over 90 billion dollars in the last year but there is continuing debate about whether to make further tax cuts and whether to curb some government spending programmes. And there is a very large deficit in US trade with the rest of the world - more than six hundred billion dollars over the last year. Some observers, including the International Monetary Fund, think there is some danger of this deficit coming down in a way that disrupts economies and financial markets around the world.

Dëgjo fjalët

Democratic party opponents
kundërshtarët e partisë demokratike

pointed out
e bënë të qartë, e theksuan

first term
mandat i parë

the great depression of the 1930s
kriza e përgjithshme e viteve 30-të

sceptics
skeptikë

reduce the deficit
ul, zvogëloj deficitin

His critics
kritikët e tij (= e zotit Bush)

a factor
faktor

to curb some government spending programmes
kufizoj disa prej programeve qeveritare të shpenzimeve

observers
vëzhgues