But then the US Federal Reserve hid these weaknesses by engineering a housing bubble that led to a consumption boom. It will take years to overcome the excessive indebtedness and real-estate overhang that resulted.
但在当时，美联储通过吹起房地产泡沫从而激发消费繁荣，隐瞒了美国经济的疲软真相。由此产生的过度负债问题和房地产宿醉需要多年才能消化。