过去两年来，华盛顿沉溺于削减赤字、将债务/GDP比率保持在“可持续”路径上，尽管全球投资者纷纷涌向美国国债，把利率推向了历史低点。
During the last two years, Washington has been obsessed with the need to cut the deficit and put the debt/GDP ratio on a “sustainable” path, even as global investors have flocked to US government debt, driving interest rates to historic lows.