Europeans, too, have become dependent on low interest rates, with the European Central Bank as the key stabilizing force. Without the ECB’s commitment, in place since 2012, to prevent sovereign-debt yields from soaring, there would be a persistent risk to the eurozone – and, indeed, to the entire edifice of the European Union – of sovereign-debt defaults.
欧洲人也变得依赖低利率，他们有欧洲央行充当重要的稳定器。欧洲央行自2012年以来一直竭尽全力阻止主权债务收益率一飞冲天，若非如此，欧元区也将有持久的主权债务违约风险——甚至整个欧盟都会受到动摇。