Such a system provides important advantages – most notably, it enables the US Federal Reserve to pump money into the economy to prevent or halt a recession. But it also carries serious risks, exemplified in the trade imbalances that emerged in the 1980s.
这套制度拥有重要优点&mdash;&mdash;最值得注意的是它使美联储能够向经济中注入货币以防止或停止衰退。但这也带来了巨大的风险，20世纪80年代所出现的贸易失衡就是明证。