Countries that ran significant current-account surpluses, built up large reserves, and fixed (or heavily managed) their exchange rates in order to support the first two objectives appeared to secure external stability.
Los países con superávit significativos en cuenta corriente acumularon grandes reservas y fijaron (o manipularon mucho) sus tipos de cambio para apoyar los dos primeros objetivos que parecían asegurar la estabilidad externa.