Now, with so much fixed capital and infrastructure destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami, the economy’s productive capacity has fallen by an estimated 2% of GDP. But that may not be a bad thing: Prior to the earthquake, Japan had a demand-supply gap of approximately 5% of GDP.
如今又有如此海量的固定资产和基础设施遭到地震和海啸蹂躏，使日本企业的产能萎缩，其损失相当于2%的GDP。但这或许并不是件坏事：地震之前日本经济已经供大于求，而供需缺口约等于GDP的5%。对于长期持续遭遇通货紧缩的日本来说，缺口下降到3%并引发物价上升的状况真是求之不得。