Banks also provide critical services to governments and business, by providing direct access to global buyers of debt and equity, and by establishing large, consistent markets of buyers and sellers. Some characterize these activities as speculative trading, and even caricature financial markets as casinos.
银行同时也向政府和企业提供非常重要的服务，比如提供与国际债券和股票买家对接的路径以及在买卖双方之间建立大规模且连续运行的交易市场。有些人批评这些行为是投机买卖，甚至将金融市场夸张地比喻成赌场。但事实上，这些市场满足了客户的根本需求。