First the UK had the finances of an emerging market. Then it seemed to have the politics too. For a brief moment on Thursday, rumours swirled through currency markets that Gordon Brown, the prime minister, had resigned or been ousted in a cabinet rebellion. Sterling swooned 1.3 per cent. Then Downing Street said talk of Mr Brown resigning was “absolute rubbish”. That didn't help the pound much. By the end of the day, sterling had gone, possibly assisted by a large piece of mergers and acquisitions finance, but Mr Brown hadn't.
英国先是在财政状况上表现得像一个新兴市场，然后在政治上似乎亦是如此。周四一个短暂的时刻，外汇市场上盛传英国首相戈登•布朗(Gordon Brown)已经辞职，或因内阁造反而遭到罢黜。英镑急跌1.3%。随后唐宁街出面澄清，称布朗辞职“纯属无稽之谈”。这并未给英镑带来多少帮助。到一天结束的时候，英镑大势已去（可能还因受到一项大规模并购融资的影响），而布朗还在位。
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