Indeed, many developing countries, fearful of losing their economic sovereignty to the IMF – as occurred during the 1997 Asian financial crisis – accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars in reserves. Money put into reserves is income not spent.
事实上，许多发展中国家，因为害怕如发生在1997年亚洲金融危机中的情况出现，即把经济主权丧失给了国际货币基金组织，它们因此积累了数千亿美元的外汇储备。投入储备的资金就是没有花掉的收入。