This week George Osborne announced steps to make London a global trading hub for China’s currency. If the internationalisation of the renminbi proceeds and the chancellor of the exchequer’s plan succeeds, London will – so it is hoped – again flourish as a leading financial centre. The nature of that flourishing could well differ from what we saw before 2008, but the prosperity will feel the same. Can it happen? Yes. Will it happen? That depends on a number of considerations. Will it be a good thing? Almost surely.
上周,英国财政大臣乔治•奥斯本(George Osborne)宣布了使伦敦发展为人民币离岸交易中心的举措。如果人民币的国际化进程继续推进、奥斯本的计划取得成功,那么伦敦将如人们希望的那样,作为主要金融中心再度迎来繁荣。此次繁荣的性质很可能与我们在2008年以前看到的有所不同,但其带给人们的感受将是一样的。那么,这种繁荣有无可能出现呢?当然有可能。是否必将出现呢?这取决于若干因素。这种繁荣是件好事?这几乎是肯定的。