When the US investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, triggering a global financial crisis, Bernanke – who had since become US Federal Reserve Chair – took his own advice, instituting a bold QE program to revive the United States' moribund economy. The United Kingdom, too, pursued robust QE – and, like the US, it is now experiencing relatively strong economic growth (which is why the British participants in Geneva should have known better).
2008年，当美国投资银行雷曼兄弟公司倒闭并引发金融危机时，伯南克——当时已是美联储主席——采取了自己的建议，采取了果断的量化宽松措施拯救垂死的美国经济。英国也追求了强劲的量化宽松——并且与美国一样，也因此经历了相对强势的经济增长（正因如此，日内瓦讨论会的英国与会者应该更加理解安倍经济学）。