Economic summits are always more about messaging than substance. In recent days officials have been striving, they say, to “lower expectations” about what this week's meeting of the Group of 20 leading nations in Pittsburgh might achieve. I had not noticed that expectations were dangerously high. I had supposed they could hardly be lower. Usually this would be no great cause for concern, but 2009 is different.
經濟峯會往往是傳遞資訊多於實質性內容。官員們表示，近來他們一直在努力「降低外界對本週匹茲堡20國集團(G20)峯會成果的預期」。我並沒有說預期高得有些危險，我只是認爲，預期幾乎難以降低。通常這不足爲憂，但2009年的情況有所不同。
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