拉加德在致歉，为IMF对英国近期经济表现预测失准，以及更严重的，为IMF对英国首相卡梅伦的财政紧缩措施的长期批评立场。
Lagarde was apologizing for the IMF’s poor forecasting of the United Kingdom’s recent economic performance, and, more seriously, for the Fund’s longer-standing criticism of the fiscal austerity pursued by Prime Minister David Cameron’s government.