With growth slowing, energy expendables that were once easily absorbed by consumers are now more likely to act as a drag on household budgets, leaving people with less money to spend elsewhere.

• 由于经济增长缓慢，过去民众所能轻易消耗掉的能源商品，现在却占去了家庭预算的一大部分，使得民众在其他地方就没有多少钱可用了。