The spirit took Scrooge to a lighthouse built on a lonely rock, several miles from land.

That's First Trust's Chief Economist Brian Wesbury.

以上是第一信托公司的首席经济师布莱恩·韦斯伯利所说。

Mr chandler, a quantity surveyor, and his economist wife, took early retirement about three years ago.

建筑估价师钱德勒先生和他的经济师妻子三年前提前退休。

Zillow's Chief Economist Stan Humphries told CNBC that he believes this is partly why the inventory of homes on the market is so low, a dynamic that has held back the real estate recovery in recent months.

Zillow首席经济师斯坦o汉弗莱斯告诉美国全国广播公司消费者新闻与财经频道（CNBC），他相信这正是市场上房屋库存量低的原因，而低库存在近几个月延缓了房地产市场的复苏。

Economists pointed out that the strong Australian dollar was another reason for the falling export.

经济师指出，澳元坚挺也是出口下滑原因之一。

Gus Faucher is an economist at PNC Financial says the number is moving in the right direction.

PNC金融公司的经济师加斯·福彻表示，数字正在向正确的方向前进。

( Stop using this number, urges Jonathan Anderson, economist at UBS.) Moreover, China is witnessing modest inflation – not the rampant deflation that would result from overcapacity.

瑞银集团（UBS）经济师乔纳森•安德森（Jonathan Anderson）就呼吁停止使用这一数据。此外，中国正在经历适度的通胀，而非产能过剩可能导致的严重通缩。

Planners and Economists Debate Land Market Policy

规划师与经济师之间有关土地市场政策的争论

Tim Condon is chief economist and head of research for Asia in the Singapore offices of investment bank ING.

蒂姆·康登是ING投资银行在新加坡办事处的总经济师和亚洲研究部负责人。

Rising food and grain prices have propelled higher levels of inflation since last October, says Liao Qun, chief China economist for CITIC Ka Wah Bank.

中信嘉华银行（citic ka wah）中国业务首席经济师廖群表示，去年10月以来，不断上涨的食品和粮食价格，已经推高了通胀水平。

For the first few years [ Chinese authorities] were very cautious not to touch Hong Kong too much, said Pansy Yau, economist at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

香港贸易发展局（Hong Kong trade development council）经济师邱丽萍（Pansy Yau）说，香港回归后的最初几年，中国有关部门非常谨慎，没有触碰香港太多。

PNC Financial Services chief economist Stuart Hoffman:

PNC金融服务公司首席经济师霍夫曼说：

How to achieve a soft landing of the property market will really be a serious challenge, said Liao Qun, chief economist at Citic Bank International.

如何实现房地产市场的软着陆，这确实将是一个严重的挑战，中信银行国际（Citic Bank International）首席经济师廖群表示。

With economic expansion having moderated to a "new normal" pace, potential GDP growth will still be about 8 percent this year and in the next 20 years, said Justin Yifu Lin, former chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank.

前世界银行首席经济师兼高级副行长林毅夫称，随着中国经济进入新常态，今年以及未来二十年GDP仍有潜力增长8%左右。

Real Estate Investment Trust: The New Highlight

信托：房地产融资的新亮点&访北京国际信托投资有限公司总经济师时宝东

But the Bank is a relatively small player in urban finance, says Lead Economist Larry Hannah.

然而，首席经济师Larry Hannah说，世行在市政融资中只是个相对较小的角色。

Jong-Wha Lee is the ADB's acting chief economist.

李钟和是亚银代理首席经济师。

Pansy Yau is the deputy chief economist of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

邱丽萍是香港贸易发展局的副首席经济师。

Stuart Hoffman is chief economist at PNC Financial.

PNC金融服务公司的首席经济师斯图尔特·霍夫曼说道。

"Many cities in China have the political will and administrative ability to build buildings and hardware, but it will take them much longer to build the software," said Dong Tao, regional chief economist for Credit Suisse, who is based in Hong Kong.

“中国许多城市拥有建设大楼和硬件设施的政治意愿与行政能力，但建设软件设施花费的时间要长得多，”瑞信（credit suisse）驻香港的亚洲区首席经济师陶冬表示。

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, blames rising mortgage rates.

穆迪分析公司的首席经济师马克·赞迪将这归咎于不断升高的抵押贷款利率。