The answer, as former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker implied at the meeting, is that we would be right back where we started – in the panic and frozen credit markets that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Indeed, the idea that substantial shocks could soon hit the US financial system is not far-fetched.
前美联储主席沃克尔在会议中指出，答案在于我们应该回到起点——2008年9月雷曼兄弟倒闭所引起的恐慌和信用市场冻结。事实上，严重冲击很快会袭向美国金融体系的观点绝非杞人忧天。比如，欧洲债务危机就远远没有得到解决。欧洲的大规模主权债务重组将导致欧洲银行的倒闭，并可能危害美国银行以及全世界的金融机构。