But UK banks’ assets amounted to eight times the country’s GDP before the crisis and will presumably approach that level again with Carney’s encouragement. Can the BoE – and the UK Treasury – really provide downside insurance for this full amount, or are the UK authorities set on the path to becoming another Iceland (where the value of bank assets peaked at more than 11 times the country’s GDP)?
继金担任英格兰银行行长的马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）说，在提供流动性贷款为大银行兜底方面，“我们采取开放态度。”但英国银行的资产在危机前高达英国GDP的八倍，而在卡尼的鼓励下，很有可能将再次回到这一水平。英格兰银行——以及英国财政部——能否真的为此全额提供损失保险？英国当局是否走上了成为另一个冰岛（冰岛银行资产比该国GDP高十倍多）的不归路？