Yet surplus countries tend to see themselves as virtuous and deficit countries as venal—the implication being that the burden of adjustment should fall on the borrowers.

然而出超国家通常视己为高尚而视入超国为贪腐。 暗示着调整（此不平衡）的负担应该落在借款人的肩上。

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Even the virtuous Netherlands has announced that its provisional deficit for 2012 will rise to 4.5% of GDP, from 4.1%.

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