It is difficult to plough through the Bank of England’s recent inflation report and associated Monetary Policy Committee minutes without being reminded of a slogan current in the last years of the Habsburg empire: “The situation is hopeless but not desperate.” Or was it the other way around? In any case, the main message of the report is that the outlook is gloomy and the risks are on the downside, but nothing much can be done about it.
翻閱英國(guó)央行(BoE)最近的通脹報(bào)告及相關(guān)的貨幣政策委員會(huì)(Monetary Policy Committee)的一些會(huì)議備忘錄,令我不由得想起流行于哈布斯堡帝國(guó)(Habsburg empire)末期的那句口號(hào):“情形沒(méi)有任何希望,但還不算絕望。”或許這話應(yīng)該倒過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)?反正不管怎么說(shuō),通脹報(bào)告?zhèn)鬟f的主要信息是,前途渺茫,兇多吉少,而他們束手無(wú)策。