This time, the unemployment rate and household and government debt are much higher. Rapid normalization – like that undertaken in the space of a year in 1994 – would crash asset markets and risk leading to a hard economic landing.
即使2015年某一时刻美联储开始提高利率，它的加息举措也会非常谨慎。2004年开始的前一轮紧缩周期，美联储花了两年时间才实现政策利率正常化。这次的失业率和家庭政府负债均与上次不可同日而语。像1994年实施的那种快速正常化可能导致资本市场崩溃和经济硬着陆。