Let us briefly take stock of some of the policy decisions and proposals in the European Union. Faced with an economic contraction of at least
3 per cent this year, according to my estimate, the EU has agreed an effective stimulus of some 0.85 per cent of gross domestic product for the current year, as calculated by David Saha and Jakob von Weizs?cker, two economists at Bruegel, a Brussels- based think-tank. The stimulus was also not well co-ordinated, which limits its economic impact.
讓我們粗略盤點一下歐盟(EU)的一些政策決定和建議。面對今年至少3%的經濟萎縮(根據我的估算),歐盟達成的有效經濟刺激方案僅相當于本年度國內生產總值(GDP)的0.85%左右(根據總部位于布魯塞爾的智庫Bruegel兩位經濟學家戴維?薩哈(David Saha)和雅各布?馮?魏茨澤克(Jakob von Weizs?cker)的計算)。該刺激方案還缺乏良好協調,因此限制了其經濟影響力。