PERSONAL SPENDING

At the very least, it has awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end to an era of reckless personal spending.

至少，它让我们从轻易致富和拥有更大房子的狂热梦想中醒来，并为一个不计后果的个人消费时代画上了一个必然的句号。

They are a vital part of an array of data that we use to assess if we're doing well or doing badly, and that in turn shapes government policies and corporate budgets and personal spending decisions.

它们是一系列数据的重要组成部分，我们用这些数据来评估自己的表现是好是坏，进而影响政府政策、企业预算和个人支出决定。

Some analysts say it was because of his lavish personal spending.

一些分析家认为是因为他个人挥霍。