The federal budget deficit has declined from 8.4% of GDP in 2011 to a predicted 2.9% of GDP for all of 2014. And, according to the International Monetary Fund, the structural deficit (sometimes called the “full-employment deficit”), a measure of fiscal stimulus, has fallen from 7.8% of potential GDP to 4% of potential GDP from 2011 to 2014.
好吧，自2011年年中以来，国会和白宫确实实施了紧缩。联邦预算赤字占GDP之比从2011年的8.4%下降到2014年的2.9%（预计值）。此外，根据国际货币基金组织（IMF）的数据，衡量财政刺激的指标结构性赤字（有时称为“充分就业赤字”）从2011年占潜在GDP的7.8%下降到2014年的4%。