Even though only quite old people have personally experienced even the second of these episodes of monetary destruction, their political resonance is still acute. Germany’s mass circulation Bild Zeitung warned in a headline in March 2009 of inflation at a time when all price signals pointed in the opposite direction. Merkel has acute political antennae, and her response struck a deep chord with popular sentiment.
虽然就连第二次恶性通胀都已过去好长时间了，只有一些老人还有亲身经历，但这两次恶性通胀的政治回声至今刺耳依然。2009年3月，德国的大众报纸《图片报》（Bild Zeitung）的一条新闻还在发布通胀警告，即使当时所有价格指标都指向通缩风险的方向。默克尔的政治嗅觉很灵敏，她的反应同大众情绪若合符节。