Politikům se podařilo odvrátit depresi, protože se poučili z politických chyb učiněných během velké hospodářské krize ve 30. letech a během japonské „skorodeprese“ v 90. letech.
Policymakers were able to avoid a depression because they had learned from the policy mistakes made during the Great Depression of the 1930’s and Japan’s near depression of the 1990’s.