These factors are very difficult to quantify. And unlike a year-end balance sheet, it cannot easily be determined whether their overall impact has been positive or negative. It is even possible that non-economic factors will be more important than economic ones in deciding the fate of the economy.
這些因素通常難以量化，也不像帳面數字那樣短期內輸贏分明，但許多時候，非經濟因素說不定比經濟因素更能操經濟的「生死大權」呢！