IMF總裁在春季會議後表示樂觀

The head of the International Monetary Fund is upbeat as spring finance meetings in Washington come to a close, with more money for the lending agency to help struggling governments, especially in Europe.

國際貨幣基金組織春季會議星期六在華盛頓結束之後，該機構總裁拉加德顯得非常樂觀。這個國際主要的借貸機構得到了更多資金，以幫助在經濟困境中掙扎的各國政府，特別是歐洲國家政府。

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said the big development of the meetings was the combined $430 billion pledge in additional resources from different countries. "It is nice to have a big umbrella or a big firewall however you want to call it," she said.

國際貨幣基金組織總裁拉加德說，這次會議的重大進展是來自不同國家的承諾額外提供的總額4300億美元的資金。她說：“有了這樣大的保護傘或者說是防火牆，不管你怎麼稱呼它，總之真是太好了。”

The amount nearly doubles the agency's reserves available for emergency loans to almost $1 trillion.

這筆資金將近1萬億美元，比國際貨幣基金組織用於緊急貸款的現有儲備金幾乎多了一倍。

She agreed with the characterization of a so-called "Washington moment" in terms of trying to avoid another financial crisis. "Washington moment? Yes, the spirit, the momentum, the dynamic that was created in the course of this meeting," she said.

拉加德同意，在描述力圖避免另一次金融危機方面，用所謂的“華盛頓時刻”作爲特有的表達。她說：“用華盛頓時刻來表達？好，它可以體現這種精神，這種勢頭，這種在此次會議過程中創造出來的動力。”The 188-nation IMF has provided about $300 billion in emergency loans since a global financial crisis hit in 2007, including the largest program in the fund's history for still struggling Greece.

這個有188個國家參與的國際貨幣基金組織自從2007年發生全球金融危機以來，已將提供了大約3000億美元緊急貸款，其中包括該基金爲仍在掙扎中的希臘提供的該機構歷史上最大一筆金額項目。

Another European economy, which is much bigger, Spain, is currently facing recession, soaring debt and steadily falling property prices.

歐洲另一個大得多的經濟體西班牙目前正面臨經濟下滑、債務飛漲、以及房價持續跌落的問題。

Lagarde urged deficit-saddled governments to speed reforms and said the IMF must continually improve its economic surveillance mechanisms to act before it is too late.

拉加德敦促債臺高築的政府要加快改革速度，她說際貨幣基金組織急需改善其經濟監測機制，在問題發展到不可收拾的局面之前就採取相應措施。