This figure includes ECB credit that financed capital flight from Ireland totaling €130 billion over the past three years. The ECB bailout program has enabled the people of the peripheral countries to continue to live beyond their means, and well-heeled asset holders to take their wealth elsewhere.
截止2010年末，欧洲央行贷款（主要来源于德国央行）总量为3400亿欧元。这一数字包括了过去三年来为解决爱尔兰资本外逃问题提供的总量达1300亿欧元的欧洲央行信贷。欧洲央行的援助计划让欧元区外围国家人民得以享受超出其支付能力的优渥生活，也使得手握重金的资产持有者从别处大发利市。