Tighter credit rationing will then further hamper the ability of households and firms to borrow, spend, invest, and sustain economic growth. The risk that a systemic financial crisis will drive a more pronounced US and global recession has quickly gone from being a theoretical possibility to becoming an increasingly plausible scenario.
事实上，如果把金融市场所有这些的损失加起来，总额将达到惊人的10000亿美元。更严厉的信用评级将进一步阻碍家庭和公司进行借贷、消费、投资和持续经济增长的能力。一场系统性的金融危机会引发美国和全球更明显的衰退的风险已经从理论上的可能性变成了越来越可能出现的情况。