How, for example, can Japan be stuck in a seemingly intractable slump--one that it does not seem able to get out of simply by printing coupons?
Japan printed way too many coupons.  
mnli hypothesis: Japan printed way too many coupons.   premise: How, for example, can Japan be stuck in a seemingly intractable slump--one that it does not seem able to get out of simply by printing coupons?