Cynics recall that a European recovery was supposed to take hold as early as the fourth quarter of 2010, and that every International Monetary Fund projection since then has predicted recovery “by the end of the year.” Instead, GDP has collapsed, with the Spanish and Italian economies expected to contract by close to 2% this year.
怀疑派还记得，关于欧洲复苏的预期早在2010年第四季度就已经出现，自此以后，IMF次次都会预测“年底”复苏。但是，GDP出现了崩溃，西班牙和意大利经济今年预计将收缩2%。葡萄牙经济将收缩超过2%，希腊产出可能下降4%。