而在当英国的国际收支逆差相当于GDP的5％以上时（位列经合组织第二大 ） ， 金融业这相当于GDP3%的贸易顺差就成为了防范外部危机的必需品。
And at a time when the UK’s balance-of-payments deficit is over 5% of GDP (the second largest in the OECD), the financial sector’s 3%-of-GDP trade surplus has been essential to prevent an external blowout.