The United States is generally described as a mixed economy, which is to say that even though the great majority of productive resources are privately owned, the federal government does play an important part in the marketplace.

• 人们通常把美国经济说成是混合型经济，也就是说尽管绝大部分生产资料归私人所有，联邦政府在市场上仍然起着重要作用。