There are two possible reasons for the discrepancy between forecast and outcome. Either the damage caused by the financial crisis was more serious than people realized, or the economic medicine prescribed was less efficacious than policymakers believed.
预测和实际结果不符，可能的原因有二。要么是金融危机所造成的损害比人们意识到的更严重，要么经济药方的疗效比政客所认为的更低。