The managers of these new safe-haven currencies are now desperately seeking at least a temporary peg or some system of bands relative to the exchange rates of their big neighbors. Such a policy is fraught with danger; indeed, it is inherently self-defeating, as the establishment of a peg or a band provides an obvious target against which speculators can take huge positions.
在绝望之中，这些新避风港货币的管理者试图把本币同较大邻国的货币临时挂钩。而这种政策隐含危险，甚至可以说是自掘坟墓——这种挂钩会给货币狙击手提供一个显眼的靶子。