For other countries, including the US, medium-term issues came to the fore. But, rather than catalyzing sensible policy discussions, these issues played into polarized and polarizing politics, creating new and more immediate headwinds to economic growth.
对其它国家（包括美国）来说，中期问题开始凸显出来。但这些问题并没有促进明智的政策讨论，却钻到了日渐分化的政治对立牛角尖之中，并产生了对经济增长更为直接的新阻力。