他们用长期政府债务利率极低 — — 十年期美国国债收益率只有2 % ， 通胀保护国债（TIPS）实际利率为负 — — 为依据论证预算并非紧迫问题。
They buttress their argument that the deficit is not an immediate problem by pointing to very low interest rates on long-term government debt, with a 2% yield on the ten-year Treasury bond and a negative real interest rate on Treasury inflation-protected bonds (TIPS).