The recent series of government packages, notwithstanding their scale and speed, has had little demonstrable effect on the level of confidence or the outlook for ongoing activity. Indeed the number of new and significant packages may begin to peter out as the public accounts of most countries can no longer cope with the growing burden of insolvency or assume further private sector risk. This context underlines the urgent need for the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations meeting in London to construct a new paradigm to resuscitate the world financial and economic system.
最近各國政府祭出的一系列經濟救援計劃，雖然規模龐大、行動迅速，但是對于信心水平和現行經濟活動的前景并沒有多少顯而易見的影響。事實上，隨著多數國家不再有能力應對日益增長的破產負擔或是進一步承擔私營部門的風險，新的大規模救援計劃可能會逐漸減少。這種背景凸顯出，在倫敦的會議上，由工業國和發展中國家組成的20國集團(G20)亟需打造一種新的范式，使全球金融和經濟體系恢復活力。