Fortunately, others in the profession do aspire to relevance, and they have been chastened by the events of the last five years, when price movements that the models predicted should occur once in a million years were observed several times a week. They are working hard to understand why, and to develop new approaches to measuring and monitoring risk, which is the main current concern of many banks.
所幸的是该领域的其他专家确实希望追寻其中的关联，也经历了五年的历练。在这五年里，经济模型所预测的那些一百万年才发生一次的价格运动在一周内就能出现几次。他们正在努力追根溯源，并创造新的方法来测量和监控风险，这也是目前许多银行所关注的主要问题。