In an ideal world, where policymakers could credibly commit to medium- to long-term fiscal adjustment, the optimal and desirable path would be to commit today to a schedule of spending reductions and tax increases, phased in gradually over the next decade as the economy recovers. That way, if the economy needed another targeted fiscal stimulus in the short run, financial markets would not respond by driving up borrowing costs.
在决策者能够真正落实中长期财政调整的理想状况下，能达到最佳效果的理想方法是在经济渐趋复苏的今后十年间，从今天就开始落实削减开支和增加税收的计划。 这样，如果经济短期内还需要一次定向财政刺激计划来帮助复苏，金融市场也不会再以提高借款成本作为回答。