美国每年的预算赤字达到GNP的5 % ， 而且差额中有很大一部分来自亚洲各国的中央银行。 这些央行目前已经持有2万亿美元的美国国债。
The annual US budget deficit reached 5% of GNP, with an enormous part of the gap financed each year by Asian central banks, which now hold about $2 trillion in claims against America.