The fear, especially in peripheral economies, is a repeat of Japan's experience in the 1990s, when “zombie” banks staggered along for years, neither healthy enough to lend to firms nor weak enough to collapse.

欧元区经济体都害怕，特别是欧元区边缘经济体，他们会重复日本90年代的经历——银行“半死不活”，几年来一直摇摇晃晃，死不下去也活不过来，借不出钱也倒不下去。

This kind of intervention, he says, is common historically and " whenever this has been done—it happened in Japan, happened in Europe, routinely happens in China and India—you get zombie banks" .

他说，这种干预在历史上很常见， “每当发生这种情况时——它发生在日本，发生在欧洲， 经常发生在中国和印度——你就会得到僵尸银行” 。