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Now, despite the warning signs, Warren Buffett says the U.S. is doing just fine.
儘管有各種警示徵象，華倫．巴菲特卻表示美國狀況還不錯。

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The so-called Oracle of Omaha spoke to CNN's Poppy Harlow earlier this week.
這位人稱「奧馬哈的先知」在本週稍早接受了本台記者帕琵．哈洛的訪談。

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We're seeing some recent cracks in the U.S. economy, right?
我們近來在美國經濟當中看到出了一些狀況，對不對？

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You've got retail and auto sales down.
零售與汽車銷售額都出現下滑。

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You've got forecasts for first quarter earnings looking lower than has been expected to fall for the first time since 2012.
第一季營收的預測看來也比預期來得低，是二○一二年以來首次下滑。

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Is this a blip? Or is this the beginning of a bigger shift?
這是一時的波動嗎？還是一場更大的變動的開端？

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I don't see any real weakness in the economy.
我不覺得美國經濟有任何真正的疲弱之處。

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Home building has been slow and it continues to slow,
住宅開發一直處於緩慢狀態，而且會持續緩慢下去，

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but the economy's been improving since the fall of 2009, and it continues to improve.
但經濟在二○○九年秋季以來已出現改善，而且持續改善。

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So, I just don't see it.
所以，我就是不覺得經濟有什麼不好。

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And I've seen the February figures for our companies, and, you know, [there're] parts that are a little stronger than others.
而且，我也看到了我們公司二月份的數字，其中有些區塊比其他區塊強勁一些。

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But, that's been the case ever since the fall of 2009.
不過，自從二○○九年秋季以來就一直都是這樣。

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We've been on an upward course, and people talk about double dips and they talk about acceleration.
我們已經處於上升趨勢，許多人談及二次衰退，也談及經濟加速。

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In the end, it just keeps moving ahead.
到頭來，經濟還是不斷前進。

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And I think it's quite a tribute, actually, to our policymakers --
實際上，我認為，這正向我們的決策官員證明了——

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all the way back to the fall of 2008 --
而且可以一路追溯至二○○八年秋季——

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that we've recovered like we have from what was an incredible panic.
我們能夠從當初那樣的嚴重恐慌當中恢復過來。

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Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday, "If underlying conditions had truly returned to normal, the economy should be booming."
聯準會主席珍妮特．葉倫在週五表示：「如果根本條件真能回歸正常，經濟應當會繁榮發展。」

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Where's the risk?
風險在哪裡呢？

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Well, I don't think there's a particular risk in the economy over time.
我認為經濟長期下來不會有特別的風險。

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We will have recessions from time to time and we had a real doozy in the fall of 2008 and early 2009,
我們偶爾會出現衰退，在二○○八年秋季與二○○九年初也確實遭遇了一場不得了的震盪，

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and that has had more consequences than other recessions have had post World War II.
而且那比第二次世界大戰後的其他經濟衰退造成更多嚴重的後果。

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But, the American economy is a wonderful machine.
不過，美國經濟是一部精良的機器。

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It really works. It's worked since 1776, and it'll continue to work.
這部機器確實能運作，自從一七七六年以來就是如此，未來也會持續運轉。

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But, we will continue to have ups and downs.
不過，我們還是會繼續經歷起起伏伏。

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Because for some Americans, they listen to that and they say it's not working for me.
因為對部份美國民眾而言，他們聽了那樣的說法，但表示經濟狀況對自己沒有幫助。

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Yeah.
是啊。

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And they see stagnant wage growth, and they feel like it's getting increasingly hard to get by year by year.
而且他們看到薪資成長停滯，覺得日子一年比一年難過。

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So, who's winning? Wall Street? Main Street?
所以，得利的是誰？華爾街？還是一般大眾？

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Well, the extreme rich are clearly winning.
極端富裕階級顯然得利。

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I mean, if you look at the Forbes 400, they had an aggregate net worth of $92 billion in 1982.
我是說，你如果看看富比士四百大富豪，他們在一九八二年的淨資產總和是九百二十億美元，

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It's $2.3 trillion today, 25 times as much.
如今則是二點三兆，二十五倍之多。

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So, the very rich have done exceptionally well in this economy.
所以，很有錢的那些人在這種經濟狀況當中大有斬獲。

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Other people have done OK on balance, but it's certainly the super rich. It's really been concentrated.
其他人整體而言也還過得去，但得利的無疑是超級富豪階級，相當集中。

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You can just look at that figure from $92 billion to $2.3 trillion.
只要看看數字從九百二十億成長到二點三兆美元就可以知道。

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Right.
確實如此。