A: Don't ask. Nobody knows.
问:这最终会不会降低失业率?
Q: How do QEs contribute to our national debt? A:The Fed's purchases of U.S. Treasurys lower the interest rate our government pays to issue them. This can only encourage more borrowing. Since 2010, our national debt has risen more than 60% to more than $16 trillion.
答:你说呢?美联储推出QE、将利率维持在接近于零的水平已经快四年了,失业率一直保持在8%以上。
Q: Isn't that astronomical?
问:那为什么说是“复苏呢?
A: Yes. But we can now measure the national debt in lightyears. A lightyear equals nearly six trillion miles. At $1 a mile, our national debt is only 2.6 lightyears.
答:这个词没有“萧条那样让人意志消沉。萧条可以定义为长期高失业。
Q: Why lightyears? A:Because our economic woes are indefinite, and that's why QE3 is indefinite. Mr. Bernanke should change his name to Buzz Lightyear: 'To infinity and beyond!'
问:为什么不就叫它萧条呢?
答:还有一套理论认为,只要贝南克能够不断地创造货币,萧条就不可能发生。
问:这会不会引起通货膨胀?
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