Today’s problems are compounded by a lack of sufficient private demand – particularly household consumption – in the advanced economies to compensate for demand losses stemming from austerity. During the last two decades, consumption drove these countries’ economic growth, reaching historically high GDP shares.
当今问题的一个组成部分是发达国家私人需求（特别是家庭消费）不振，不足以补偿紧缩带来的需求损失。在过去20年中，消费推动着这些国家的经济增长，其占GDP比重达到了历史新高。