No, I am not talking here about Europe’s debt crisis, decisive resolution of which still requires greater cooperation and shared responsibility, both within individual eurozone member states and between creditor and debtor countries. I am referring to the complex fiscal situation in the United States – a fluid problem that has just been rendered more consequential by the recent warning from the ratings agency Moody’s that the US could lose its top credit rating next year if Congress fails to make progress on medium-term fiscal reforms.
我说的不是欧洲债务危机，要解决它还得靠更多的合作和责任共担，不管是在欧元区各成员国内部还是债权国和债务国之间。我说的是美国的复杂财政状况——这个问题相当飘忽不定，最近，评级机构穆迪公司威胁说，如果国会不能在中期财务改革问题上取得进展，那么明年美国可能失去顶级信用评级，让这个问题更加戏剧化了。