So it is no coincidence that the US economy has a chronic current-account deficit. While this shortfall has narrowed from a peak of 5.8% of GDP in 2006 to 2.4% in 2014, it still leaves the US heavily dependent on surplus foreign savings in order to grow.
因此，美国经济存在 长期经常项目赤字绝非偶然。尽管这一缺口已从2006年占GDP的5.8%的最高峰下降到2014年的占GDP的2.4%，但仍意味着美国要想增长就必须严重依赖外国储蓄盈余。