通过汇率贬值来加强货币竞争在世界贸易快速萎缩的情况下也许无法提升出口额，但这种措施能通过将需求转化到对本国产品与服务上，从而减少经济打击的力度。
Boosting competitiveness through exchange-rate depreciation may not succeed in raising exports in a situation where world trade is rapidly contracting, but it can cushion the blow by switching demand toward domestically produced goods and services.