英镑区是以英镑为中心的、由英国控制的货币集团或货币区域。前身是1931年9月组成的英镑集团,1939年随英国颁布外汇管制条例而正式建立。参加的国家和地区,主要是英联邦各国及与英国有密切联系的国家和地区,包括英国在海外的殖民地、“保护国”、“保护领地”和托管地等。建立英镑区是英国维护其势力范围,加强对其殖民地和区内国家的控制和掠夺,防止区外国家渗透的一种手段。
英镑的贬值将会使出口收益,但是我们真正需要的是英国主体外贸市场- - -欧元区经济迅速有力的上扬,但是这似乎很难实现。
The big fall in sterling will help exporters but what is really needed is a quick, strong upturn in Britain's main foreign market, the euro area, which does not seem likely.
而且,欧元区中较弱的国家受到强国制约,反而英国仍可以通过允许英镑贬值重获竞争力。
And, whereas the weaker members of the euro zone are shackled to the stronger countries, Britain has been able to regain competitiveness by allowing its currency to fall.
当然不会加入欧元区的英国,从英镑的持续大幅贬值中获益。
The UK, which of course did not adopt the euro, has benefited from a sharp sustained depreciation of the pound.
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