In recent speeches, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Vice Chair Janet Yellen have described fiscal policy at the local, state, and federal levels as a powerful headwind slowing the economy’s return to full employment. In the year after the recession ended, discretionary spending at the federal, state, and local levels boosted growth at about the same pace as in previous recoveries.
在最新讲话中，美联储主席伯南克和副主席耶伦（Janet Yellen）认为地方、州和联邦层面的财政赤字已成为经济恢复充分就业的一大障碍。在衰退结束后的一年中，联邦、州和地方层面的自由裁量支出提振增长的效果与前几次复苏不相上下。