liquidity trap

基本解释

He is wrong, however, to assume that this is evidence of a "liquidity trap" in the US financial system.
然而，他的錯誤在於他認爲這是美國金融躰系中存在流動性陷阱的証據。
A liquidity trap can occur whenever there is a sharp reduction in demand for loanable funds—which is exactly what happened during the Great Depression.
衹要對可貸資金的需求出現急劇下降，流動性陷阱就會發生——這正是大蕭條期間所發生的事情。
Right now we’re in a liquidity trap, which, as I explained in an earlier post, means that we have an incipient excess supply of savings even at a zero interest rate.
現在我們陷入了一個流動性陷阱(在我此前的一篇文章中解釋過)，意味著我們即使在零利率的時候，也將會遇到初始就過賸的儲蓄。

For the economy as a whole, lots of cash in frightened hands is a liquidity trap.
FORBES
In fact, I view his General Theory as a guide for getting out of a recession or liquidity trap.
FORBES: Supply Side Employment Growth
Remember, during that entire period, Japan was stuck in a liquidity trap.
FORBES: Japan, Demographics and National Productivity