All the economy's woes -- a housing collapse, mounting foreclosures, hard-to-get credit and financial market upheaval -- will confront Obama when he assumes office early next year. And, the employment situation is likely to get worse.
Many expect the jobless rate to climb to 8 percent, possibly higher, next year. In the 1980-1982 recession, the unemployment rate rose as high as 10.8 percent before inching down.


To provide fresh relief, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats, in a lame-duck session later this month, are pushing to enact another round of economic stimulus of around $100 billion.


倒数第二句的inch down是失业率缓慢下降的意思吧，这用法见得少。
最后一句意思基本懂，请各位翻译得地道一点，lame-duck如何翻译。
前面的mounting foreclosures怎么翻译

因房主无法按月支付贷款，而导致贷款方没收房屋将其拍卖，这种情况称为foreclosure。

mounting foreclosures意即房屋遭没收拍卖的房主越来越多

lame-duck快要干满第二任期，行将走人不可能再连任的总统，例如小布什。

白宫发言人佩洛西声称：在总统任期将满的时候，民主党为了提供新的救市措施，将于本月晚些时候争取让1千亿美元的新一轮经济刺激款项出台。