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Hopes for an economic soft landing are once again powering U.S. stocks higher, as encouraging data relieve recession worries following a brutal sell-off earlier this month.

经济软着陆的希望再次推动美国股市走高，因为令人鼓舞的数据缓解了本月早些时候大幅抛售之后对经济衰退的担忧。

The S&P 500 .SPX has rebounded more than 6% since Aug. 5, when a steep drop pushed the benchmark U.S. index to its biggest three-day slide in over two years. A rapid return to calm was also evident in the Cboe Volatility Index .VIX, or Wall Street's "fear gauge," which has retreated from last week’s four-year highs at a record pace.

标准普尔 500 指数 .SPX 自 8 月 5 日以来已反弹逾 6%，当时该指数大幅下跌，创下两年多来最大三日跌幅。芝加哥期权交易所波动率指数 .VIX（华尔街的“恐慌指数”）也迅速恢复平静，该指数以创纪录的速度从上周的四年高点回落。

Driving the turnaround are last week's reports on retail sales, inflation and producer prices, which helped allay worries over an economic slowdown sparked by weaker-than-expected employment data at the start of the month. The favorable data has bolstered the case for investors looking to hop back aboard many of the trades that have worked this year, from buying Big Tech stocks to a more recent bet on small and mid-cap names that accelerated in July.

推动经济好转的因素是上周公布的零售销售、通胀和生产者价格报告，这些报告有助于缓解人们对本月初就业数据弱于预期而引发的经济放缓的担忧。有利的数据增强了投资者重返今年许多成功交易的理由，从购买大型科技股到最近押注 7 月份加速上涨的中小型股。

"There was a real growth scare that had emerged," said Mona Mahajan, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones. "Since then, what we've seen is the economic data has actually come out in a much more positive light."

爱德华·琼斯 (Edward Jones) 高级投资策略师莫娜·马哈詹 (Mona Mahajan) 表示：“人们确实对经济增长感到恐慌。自那以后，我们看到经济数据实际上已经变得更加乐观。”

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