評論
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The British Financial System
英國金融制度
Tatsuo Horita ,a banker from Japan ,is visiting with an officer of the Bank of England .
來自日本的銀行家堀田達夫正在與英格蘭銀行的一位高級職員閑談，
They are talking about the British monetary and financial system .
他們正談?wù)撝呢泿藕徒鹑谥贫取?/div>
Horita:I understand that Bank of England notes have been legal tender in Britain since the early part of the 19th century .
堀 田：據(jù)我所知，從19世紀初葉，英格蘭銀行發(fā)行的紙幣就已經(jīng)成為英國的法幣了。
Officer:Yes,actually from 1883,long before the Bank of England was the official central bank for Britain.
職 員：是的，實際上從1833年開始，英格蘭銀行早已成為英國的官方中央銀行了，
And special restrictions put on note issurance by other banks in 1844 caused most banks to discontinue issuing notes.
而且在1844年，還對其他銀行的貨幣發(fā)行實行期一些特別的限制，這就使得大多數(shù)的銀行不再繼續(xù)發(fā)行紙幣。
H:Weren't Bank of England notes backed by specie?
堀 田：英格蘭銀行發(fā)行的紙幣不是以金銀鑄幣作為依據(jù)嗎?
O:Specie or government bonds until 1931.Since then ,of course,the Bank of England like other central banks has not held specie reserves equal to our note issue.
職 員：直到1931年，還是以鑄幣或政府的債券為依據(jù)的。當然，從那以后，象其它的中央銀行一樣，英格蘭銀行并不持有與我們發(fā)行的紙幣等量的金銀鑄幣儲備。
H:When did the Bank of England become the official central bank of the United Kingdom?
堀 田：英格蘭銀行什么時候成為聯(lián)合王國的官方中央銀行的呢?
O:That's difficult to say .Actually ,the bank was nationalized by the government in 1946.
職員：這很難說，實際上，在1946年政府已將其收歸國有。
Before that ,however ,the bank had been the central banking instituion for over a century .
然而，在這之前，英格蘭銀行就已經(jīng)成為中央銀行有100多年了。
While we were privately owned ,successive governments felt that we operated in the public interest and gradually enacted laws,
當時，雖然我們是私立銀行，但歷屆政府都認為我們的業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)營活動有利于公眾利益，并逐步地有所立法，
which gave us various supervisory functions over other banks .
這一切賦予了我們對其他銀行的各種監(jiān)督職能。
H:So the bank now makes fiscal and monetary policies for the country ?
堀田：因此，目前該銀行就是為國家制定財政和金融政策的。
O:In coperation with the Cabinet we do .Our functions are not as independent as those of the Federal Reserve in the United States.
職員：我們在與內(nèi)閣合作中行使我們的職能，但我們的職能不象美國聯(lián)邦儲備那樣具有獨立性。
