Nor does the ECB have reason to be gratified with its strain of quantitative easing. Despite a doubling of its balance sheet, to a little more than €3 trillion ($4 trillion), Europe has slipped back into recession for the second time in four years.
欧洲央行也没有理由为其量化宽松政策的作为而感到满意。尽管它的资产翻了倍，达到3万多亿欧元（折合约4万亿美元），欧洲已经在四年中第二次回落到衰退状态。