Yet the US government has tried virtually everything to prevent consumers from adjusting. Going well beyond the requisite extension of unemployment-insurance benefits, the safety net has been expanded to include home-foreclosure containment programs, other forms of debt forgiveness, and extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus.
然而，美国的消费者将成为受此次经济危机影响最为严重的群体，他们正沦为典型的“消费僵尸”。一直以来，美国人都受到高失业率，广泛的未充分就业覆盖率，以及并有所改善的实际工资水平影响。同时，他们还要偿还比实际房价还要高很多房贷，大量的贷款，再加之，美国人在银行的存款较少。因而，美国消费者面临前所未有的巨大压力。