According to the International Monetary Fund, G-20 countries earmarked 17.6% of their GDP on average to supporting their banking systems, although they spent much less. Likewise, spending to stimulate the real economy totaled only 0.5% of GDP in 2008, 1.5% in 2009, and probably 1% this year.
那些评级机构和市场真的对公共支出一无所知吗？据世界货币基金组织的统计，G20成员国原定计划拨付占GDP总量17.8%的资金来支持其银行系统，当然最后的花费比这个数字要少。同样，2008年在刺激实体经济方面的支出只占了GDP的0.5%，而2009年则上升到1.5%，2010年则大概为1%。总计下来，欧盟成员国的经济复苏计划只占其GDP的1.6%，比美国的5.6%少很多。