【楼上是广告】伤在何处（二） | 《经济学人》精读笔记

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House prices in big global cities increasingly move together. What happens in London has a growing influence on what happens in New York, Toronto and Sydney — and vice versa . And trouble is brewing in some of these other markets （与前面的 house market相对应，指其他市场 ） , too.

【 Property used to be thought of as an inflation hedge （为避免金钱损失的防范措施，建议识记） . But in recent years it （代指） has become a substitute for low-yielding Treasury bonds —a safe asset in which the globally mobile can store their wealth. 】 After years of rapid price rises, houses in the most favoured markets are overvalued. Rising bond yields, tighter mortgage credit and shifting politics are now combining to push prices down. （这句话有可能能够成为中心论点，因为其包含了三个疑似论点。）

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▷favoured  /ˈfeɪvəd/： 其一， receiving special attention, help, or treatment, sometimes in an unfair way，受到优待的、得到偏爱的，【例】China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the US 其二，

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