One would expect that the shock from the financial crisis should be comparable for the United States and the eurozone, given that they are of similar size, exhibit a similar degree of internal diversity, and experienced a similar increase in house prices (on average) in the years preceding the bust. Moreover, the relative increase in debt (leverage) in the financial system was similar on both sides of the Atlantic.
人们会预期说金融危机对美国和欧元区的冲击是有可比性的，因为两地国土面积近似，内部差异性程度相近，在泡沫爆发前那些年的住宅价格上升幅度（平均算来）差不多。此外，两岸金融系统中债务（杠杆）的相对增幅也是相近的。