anxiety about the war has been declining since august 2008, according to rasmussen, when america's financial system began to seize up and the severity of the recession became clear.
when they start to seize up a lot of non-linear effects—processes in which small causes have disproportionate effects—come into play, making it much harder to see what is going to happen next.
there are also downside risks to consider, including a potential new wave of bad loans that could cause the credit situation to seize up once again.
例如,如果出现又一轮不良贷款浪潮,就可能导致信贷形势再次恶化。
anxiety about the war has been declining since august 2008, according to rasmussen, when america’s financial system began to seize up and the severity of the recession became clear.