If, say, southern Europe kept its inflation rate at 0% and France inflated at a rate of 1%, Germany would have to inflate by a good 4%, and the rest of the eurozone at 2% annually, to reach a eurozone average of slightly less than 2%. This pattern would have to continue for about ten years to bring the eurozone back into balance.
如果（比如）南欧将通胀率保持在0%而法国通胀为1%，那么德国必须通胀4%，欧元区其他地区通胀2%（均为年率），以使欧元区平均通胀水平略低于2%。这一模式需要维持十年才能让欧元区回归平衡。到那时，德国价格水平将比今天高出50%左右。