Likewise, the government’s deficit might fall not because of austerity, but because the stock market’s anticipation of economic growth fuels higher revenues from capital-gains tax. Once again, we would see what might appear, from looking at the government deficit, to be an austerity-to-prosperity scenario.
同样，政府的赤字不仅会因紧缩而下降，也可能是因为股票市场对经济增长的预期带来了更多资本利得税收入。这一次我们可能也会从政府赤字的角度，认为是紧缩实现了繁荣。