The global imbalances that many people view as being at the root of the problem reflected savings rates of near zero in the US, as well as in those economies that seemed best to emulate the American model – the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain.
许多人认为全球不平衡是问题的根源，这种不平衡反映出美国的储蓄率近乎于零。那些效仿美国最出色的经济体也是如此，包括英国，爱尔兰和西班牙。