In the meantime, the ECB is facing a very different set of economic conditions, including generally sluggish growth, the risk of deflation, and worries about the impact of the terrorist attacks in Paris on business and consumer confidence. As a result, the bank’s decision-makers are giving serious consideration to pushing the discount rate further into negative territory and extending its large-scale asset-purchase program (otherwise known as quantitative easing).
与此同时，欧洲央行面临着完全不同的经济环境，包括停滞的总体增长形势、通缩风险以及对巴黎恐怖袭击给企业和消费信心造成的影响的担忧。因此，欧洲央行决策者正在认真考虑让贴现率朝负区间更进一步，并延长其大规模资产购买计划（即量化宽松）。换句话说，欧洲央行可能扩大和延长进一步加大金融刺激油门的实验性措施。