“客户仍不愿给出长期预测”，他说。

He says customers are reluctant to give long-term forecasts.

他指出，对欧元区的长期预测显示，通胀水平正在回到欧洲央行今年启动债券购买计划之前的水平。

He noted that long-term forecasts for the eurozone showed inflation beginning to return to the levels that existed before the European Central Bank began its bond-buying program this year.

长期预测和挑战是一个有关生产力持续增长的问题。

The long-term perspective and challenge is one of sustained growth of productivity.

即使他们是正确的，由于现实差距的存在，他们很难赚到钱，他们拥有的只是很难实现的长期预测目标。

The reality gap makes it extremely difficult to make anything but very long-term predictions that can be difficult to exploit, even if they are correct.