animal spirits

基本解释

Your columnist is all in favour of animal spirits. But he nevertheless inclines to the second view.
本专栏作家完全赞成动物精神，但还是倾向于第二种观点。
What is more, if carry trades are the rage again due to animal spirits, why is ultra-safe gold at an all-time high?
还有，如果说套利交易是因为动物精神而再次风靡，那么为何超级安全的黄金也涨到了空前高点？
The animal spirits driving investment can change abruptly, if productivity disappoints, growth expectations dip or the cost of funding rises.
如果生产力令人失望，增长预期下降或融资成本上升，推动投资的动物精神就可能突然改变。

And sentiment--or animal spirits if you prefer Keynes' term--correlates to the current-quarter GDP growth rate.
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My cell started working again, but both our phones, like our animal spirits, were running down.
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These two veterans could yet unbottle the animal spirits that won Paribas a decade ago.
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