In other words, al though the US economy is currently in good shape and a far cry from its depressed state of 10 years ago, as panic spread through the stock market, irrational overreaction caused the "prophecies of doom" to be fulfilled.
換句話說，儘管美國目前的經濟情勢一片大好，遠勝於十年前的低迷，但在市場恐慌情緒蔓延下，不理性的盲動竟使得「末日預言」弄假成真。