Going forward the fact that Germany and the European Central Bank hold a different view of the problem confronting the global economy from the rest of the world is liable to cause wide swings in exchange rates and hinder the recovery. The ECB operates under asymmetric guidelines: it is constitutionally obliged to be concerned only with maintaining price stability, not full employment;
鉴于德国和欧洲中央银行对全球经济当前所面临的问题抱有不同的看法，世界其他货币的汇率很有可能会出现大幅波动并且使经济的复苏被放缓。欧洲中央银行的指导方针是不平衡的：它在法律上只需要关心维持价格的稳定，而非完全就业；德国现在还对魏玛共和国时期最终导致纳粹上台的失控的通货膨胀记忆犹新。这两点顾忌阻止了财政上的不负责以及无限制的货币供应。