By forbidding investment banks from holding cash deposits, Glass-Steagall helped to support more than a half-century of financial stability after World War II. This – together with the gold exchange standard, which ensured that credit did not exceed the economy’s productive capacity – contributed to sustained global economic growth.
格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案还禁止投资银行收取现金存款，从而帮助维持了二战后半个多世纪的金融稳定。这一法案与汇率金本位（保证了信用量不会超过经济的生产力）一起，为保持全球经济增长起了很大作用。