Fiscal policy currently is a drag on economic growth in both the eurozone and the UK. Even in the US, state and local governments, and now the federal government, are cutting expenditure and reducing transfer payments.
眼下欧元区和英国的财政政策都在给经济增长拖后腿。就连美国，各州、地方政府乃至联邦政府都在大砍开支、压缩转移支付。很快，它们就得增税了。