一些人认为，汇率贬值将通过增强英国出口更竞争力来减少贸易赤字，但2008年英镑大幅下跌的经验告诉我们此事对外部赤字的影响可能不会很大。
Some argue that exchange-rate depreciation will narrow the trade deficit by making British exports more competitive, but the experience of 2008, when the pound also fell sharply, is that the impact on the external deficit may not be great.