除非美国家庭在削减债务负担、重建个人储蓄方面取得了重大进展 — — 按现在的缓慢节奏看，得许多年才能完成 — — 深受资产负债表约束的美国经济将继续在缓慢增长泥淖中无法自拔。
Until US households make greater progress in reducing excessive debt loads and rebuilding personal savings – a process that could take many more years if it continues at its recent snail-like pace – a balance-sheet-constrained US economy will remain hobbled by exceedingly slow growth.