With growth still weak , these countries have been adopting extremely expansionary monetary policies , rather than a more balanced mix of monetary and fiscal stimulus .
The bank of england stood poised to launch a third round of expansionary asset purchases , orquantitative easing , to help the ailing british economy .
英格兰银行行准备推出的第三轮扩张性的资产购买,或量化宽松政策,以帮助问题重重的英国经济。
Expansionary fiscal policies and a powerful inventory cycle , helped by a recovery in international trade and improved financial conditions , fueled a significant pickup in growth .
Germany , europe 's top economy , continued to resist calls for more expansionary fiscal policies or radical measures to relieve the financial pressure on struggling euro members such as spain .
Other central banks , most recently the swiss national bank and bank of japan , are pumping additional stimulus into their economies or maintaining very expansionary policies .