它们很可能无法立刻平复当下金融市场风声鹤唳的状况，但总比在欧洲滑向金融深远时袖手旁观强得多。
While they would most likely have no immediate calming effect on today’s panic-stricken financial markets, they are far superior to watching with folded hands as Europe descends into a financial abyss.