Emerging estimates of the total fiscal costs of rescue vary by country, but are usually just a few percentage points of GDP. As a result of this crisis, however, government debt-to-GDP ratios in the United Kingdom and the United States will likely rise by 40 to 50 percentage points, and more important measures of economic harm – foregone GDP growth, additional unemployment, and individuals’ wealth and income losses – will rise as well.
当时虽然每个国家预留的总财政救助成本都有所不同，但一般都仅仅是GDP的几个百分点。但在这场危机来临之后，英国和美国的政府债务占GDP比例上升到了40%~50%，此外还有将出现更多体现经济衰退的现象——GDP不再增长，额外产生的失业，以及个人的财富和收入损失。