CAMBRIDGE – As the world’s financial leaders meet in Washington this month at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting, perhaps they should be glad there is no clear alternative to the dollar as the global currency standard. If the euro were fully ready for prime time, we might well be seeing it’s dollar exchange rate jump to over 2.00, and not just to 1.65 or 1.70, as it seems poised to do anyway.
剑桥——值此世界金融领袖本月在华盛顿世界银行－国际货币基金组织年会上举行会晤之际，或许他们应该为没有哪种确定的选择能够取代美元成为全球通用货币而感到庆幸。如果欧元已经进入了黄金时段，我们就很可能看到它与美元之间的汇率飙升到2.00以上，而绝不仅是1.65或1.70那么简单，而从现在的情况来看，欧元达到1.65或1.70这个目标指日可待。如果客户有其他的选择，那么无论如何也不能像美国不久前那样给予他们最恶劣的待遇。