In 2007, worried about the growing size of current account imbalances, the International Monetary Fund organised multilateral consultations to see what should be done about it. There was wide agreement that the solution was conceptually straightforward. To caricature: get US consumers to spend less. Get Chinese consumers to spend more. This would be good for the US, good for China, and good for the world. (There were messages to the other players – Japan, Europe, Saudi Arabia – but they were less important.)
2007年,由於擔心經常賬戶失衡規模日益增大,國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)組織了多邊磋商,討論應如何應對這一問題。最終與會者達成廣泛共識,認爲從概念上來說,解決方案簡單明瞭。簡言之:讓美國消費者減少支出,讓中國消費者擴大支出。這對於美國、中國乃至全球都有利。(會談也向其它參與者——日本、歐洲、沙烏地——傳遞了信號,但這些國家都沒那麼重要。)