LONDON – For at least a quarter-century, the financial sector has grown far more rapidly than the economy as a whole, both in developed and in most developing countries. The ratio of total financial assets (stocks, bonds, and bank deposits) to GDP in the United Kingdom was about 100% in 1980, while by 2006 it had risen to around 440%.
伦敦——至少在最近的二十五年中，发达国家以及大部分发展中国家的金融产业取得了比整体经济快得多的增长速度。1980年，英国金融资产总额（包括股票、债券和银行存款）与国内生产总值的比例约为100%，而到了2006年，这一比例上升到440%左右。在同一时期内，中国的金融资产则从一无所有上升至GDP的300%以上。