Within national income accounts, trade deficits represent the excess of a country’s consumption over production. From an accountant’s perspective, that makes it logical to label trade deficits as negative savings.
在国民收入账目中，贸易逆差到代表着一个国家的消费超过了生产。从账目的角度来讲，将贸易逆差标记为负储蓄似乎是符合逻辑的。