Without this agreement, Pakistan would likely have been declared in default – an event that can spark a recession, weaken a country's long-term growth, and make it more difficult to borrow at affordable rates in the future.

如果没有这项协议，巴基斯坦可能已经被宣布违约——这一事件可能引发经济衰退，削弱一个国家经济的长期增长，使未来以负担得起的利率借款变得更加困难。