Instead, the carry trade is typically done through transactions, such as currency forward swaps, that are off-balance-sheet and therefore do not show up in official statistics.

• 取而代之的是，投资者普遍通过买卖外汇远期互换等进行套息交易。这些交易都是资产负债表的表外项目，因此不反映在官方数据里。