It was like a default.

它好像是被默认的。

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If you think of these kind of like trays in a cafeteria, right, that are kind of upside down, and by default, they're stacked from the floor on up and up and up.

如果你想象这种自助餐厅的托盘，对的，那有点混乱的，默认的，它们从地板开始往上堆起来。

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Sounds like a default to us.

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If we're "only" talking about a bumpy, anaemic recovery, not a double-dip - and we don't see a game-changer for the global economy in the next few months, like a US default or a meltdown for the euro - these kinds of measures to support the economy look more likely at this stage than another dose of quantitative easing.

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And barring a catastrophe, like a forced default on US debt, in another year or so we should be back, big time.

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