In 1967 the Conference Board introduced its own consumer survey.

1967年，世界大型企业联合会推出了自己的消费者调查。

It is a question that has bugged economists since consumer surveys got going after the second world war.

自二战后开始进行消费者调查以来，这个问题一直困扰着经济学家。

Consumer surveys added to the picture of economic malaise. They hardly conjured it out of thin air.

消费者调查补充了难以揣摩的经济问题图景，这些调查绝对不是凭空引出了经济问题。

The bottom fell out of consumer surveys, for example, towards the start of the global financial crisis of 2007-09.

例如，在2007-09年全球金融危机开始时，消费者情绪就跌到了谷底。

Great. But first, I have a question for you, Neil. Today, British supermarkets sell almost twice as much coffee as tea, and consumer surveys have found that a majority of Brits prefer drinking coffee.

太棒了，但首先，我有一个问题要问你，尼尔。如今，英国超市销售的咖啡几乎是茶的两倍，消费者调查发现大多数英国人更喜欢喝咖啡。

And before you say that the centres are looking outdated and that consumer tastes and fashions have changed, I've done my homework and the consumer surveys show that people would still come if they had the money.

在你说这些中心过时了，消费者的品味和时尚已经改变之前，我做了调查，据消费者的调查显示，如果人们有钱，他们还是会来的。

In the middle of June a closely watched consumer survey by the University of Michigan put expected annual inflation at 3.3% for the next five years; by the end of the month it was down to 3.1%.

6月中旬，密歇根大学一项备受关注的消费者调查显示，未来五年的预期年通胀率为3.3%；到月底时，这一数字降到了3.1%。