这可绝不仅仅是一个理论推算： 2008~09年，当世界其他地区都处于通缩边缘时，英国却在经历通胀型衰退，一方面是高达6.1％的GDP年收缩率，一方面确是5.1％左右的通胀率。
This is by no means merely a theoretical proposition. In 2008-09, when the rest of the world was on the verge of deflation, the UK was enduring an inflationary recession, with GDP contracting at a top rate of 6.1% annually, while inflation reached some 5.1%.