美国前财长称政府应提供750亿美元刺激经济
美国前财政部长拉里?萨默斯(Larry?Summers)称，美国政府应当马上向美国经济注入500亿美元到750亿美元的财政刺激，以抵消日益增加的'全面衰退风险。萨默斯曾在比尔?克林顿(Bill?Clinton)任总统期间担任财长。
Washington?should?inject?a?$50bn-$75bn?fiscal?stimulus?into?the?US?economy?in?the?very?near?future?to?offset?the?mounting?risks?of?a?full-blown?recession,?according?to?Larry?Summers,?Treasury?secretary?during?the?presidency?of?Bill?Clinton.
萨默斯警告，如果不及时采取反周期的财政措施，“即便只是轻微经济衰退”，美国家庭的收入损失平均也会高达5000美元，美国会增加数十万起因无力偿贷而失去房屋的案例，国家债务水平也会大幅上升。
Mr?Summers?warned?that?without?timely?counter-cyclical?fiscal?action,?the?average?US?family?could?lose?up?to?$5,000?in?income,?the?country?could?suffer?hundreds?of?thousands?more?home?foreclosures?and?national?debt?could?significantly?increase?-?"even?in?a?mild?recession".
一些共和党议员认为，扩大布什(George?W.?Bush)的减税政策是一个有效的财政补救方法，对此，萨默斯予以了驳斥。他表示：“财政刺激至关重要，但如果没有及时性、针对性和临时性，就可能有相反的效果。”
He?dismissed?suggestions?by?Republican?lawmakers?that?an?extension?of?George?W.?Bush’s?tax?cuts?would?provide?an?effective?fiscal?remedy.?"Fiscal?stimulus?is?critical?but?could?be?counterproductive?if?it?is?not?timely,?targeted?and?temporary,"?he?said.
