Second, he assured his listeners that “we expect a moderate recovery to continue and indeed to strengthen.” This is because “[h]ouseholds also have made some progress in repairing their balance sheets – saving more, borrowing less, and reducing their burdens of interest payments and debt.”
首先，伯南克并未表示会实施任何进一步的宽松货币政策来支持停滞不前的复苏（或者还不如说是复而不苏）。其次，他向听众保证“我们预期温和复苏会持续，事实上，复苏会有所增强。”这是“因为家庭在修复资产负债表上面也取得了一些进展，他们储蓄增加了，贷款减少了，利息和债务负担也在减少。”此外，商品价格下跌也会“有助于增加家庭购买力。”