This is the worst US and global recession in 60 years. If the US recession were – as most likely - to be over at the end of the year, as is likely, it will have been three times as long and about fives times as deep – in term of the cumulative decline in output – as the previous two.
另一种观点认为，这当然也包括我的看法，考虑到私营经济（例如家庭，金融机构和公司等）的金融杠杆过度使用，此次危机可能是U型——这意味这持续的时间长而且程度很深。时间的跨度是24个月。美国的衰退也将拖累整个世界的经济。