Those higher interest rates paid by countries with large external deficits were supposed to compensate investors for the risk of currency depreciation. 这些对外经常项目大额赤字的国家用本币支付较高利率来补偿投资者的通货贬值的风险。
Within hours of a presidential decree on January 8th devaluing the currency by up to 50%, long queues formed outside household-appliance shops in Caracas, the capital. 一月八日,总统颁布命令后的数小时内,通货贬值高达五成,首都加拉卡斯杂货店外的排队人龙绵延上百公尺。