Most economists go a step further, asserting that the US deficit is caused by a savings shortage. But, since one country’s trade deficit is another’s surplus, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has argued for turning the conventional logic on its head: rather than resulting from a savings shortage, the US trade deficit is the result of a global savings glut – especially in China.
大多数的经济学家都进而认为美国的贸易逆差是由储蓄不足造成的。但由于一个国家的贸易逆差就意味着另一个国家的贸易顺差，所以美联储德主席Ben Bernanke的说法则是要完全扭转传统的逻辑：美国的贸易逆差不是储蓄不足的结果，而是全球—特别是中国储蓄过剩所致。