In Europe, the tail risk of a eurozone break-up and a loss of market access by Spain and Italy were reduced by last summer’s decision by the European Central Bank to backstop sovereign debt. But the monetary union’s fundamental problems – low potential growth, ongoing recession, loss of competitiveness, and large stocks of private and public debt – have not been resolved.
在欧洲，欧元区解体的尾部风险以及西班牙和意大利进入市场能力的下降因欧洲央行去年夏天的决定——为主权债务兜底而减弱了。但货币联盟的根本问题——潜在增长率低迷、持续的衰退、竞争力缺失以及公私债务存量巨大——并没有得到解决。