Meanwhile, the jewel of American capitalism, the financial sector, caused the crisis and is underpinning the US current-account deficit. Oil exporters aside, countries running current-account surpluses, such as China, Germany, and Japan, have stronger manufacturing sectors relative to their financial sectors, while the relationship is reversed for countries running external deficits, such as the US and the United Kingdom.
与此同时，美国资本主义皇冠上的明珠——金融部门引发了危机，并在恶化美国的经常项目赤字。除了石油出口国，经常项目盈余国家——如中国、德国和日本——的制造业部门都比金融部门相对更强，而在存在外部赤字的国家——如美国和英国——情况正好相反。