美国与欧元区和英国不同，后两者由于实行了前瞻性财政紧缩，二次探底已经发生了，而美国正在通过公共部门增加杠杆延缓家庭的去杠杆化，换句话说，美国在向未来偷取增长。
Unlike the eurozone and the United Kingdom, where a double-dip recession is already under way, owing to front-loaded fiscal austerity, the US has prevented some household deleveraging through even more public-sector releveraging – that is, by stealing some growth from the future.