It would almost certainly help reduce the risk of an early repeat of the financial crisis. The obvious candidates to replace them are Chinese and other Asian consumers, whose combined economies are more than equal to that of the US.
坦率地说，美国较高的个人储蓄率并不是一件坏事情，这会显著地减少金融危机重演的机率。能替代美国消费者的当然应该是中国和其他亚洲国家的消费者。他们这些国家加在一起的经济总量比美国要大。但是，亚洲各国政府是否准备好放弃重商主义的模式呢？除了日本，亚洲其他各国的决策者们显然不会改变他们目前的汇率体制。