1、英国财政大臣奥斯本在长官邸年度银行家宴会英语演讲稿My Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is again an honour to attend this wonderful dinner and to speak to you as Chancellor for the fifth time.Lord Mayor, I remember coming here to Mansion House, just weeks after the government wasformed in 2023 – with Britain on the
2、brink of an economic crisis – to give my first major speechon the task ahead.I set out for you the economic plan we would follow, and I drew on the words Winston Churchillhad uttered in this very hall, to say that while Britain could not pretend our travails were at anend, we were at least at
3、the end of the beginning.In the four years since, supported by the resolution and sacrifice of the British people, wehave worked through that plan.Now we are starting to see the results:Britain growing faster than any advanced economy in the world.A record number of people in work.Now strong busines
4、s investment on the back of low business taxes.And a budget deficit this year set to be half what it was.Last week, the IMF said that our resolute fiscal policy had been in their words an ‘anchor forthe British economy’ that had maintained confidence and stability in the face of the stor
5、m.And I want to say to the business and financial community: you did not waver; you stuck withus and I thank you.But the task is far from complete; and there are many risks to the progress we have made.Abroad, the risks stem from the weak eurozone, unpredictable geopolitics and the slowdownin some e
6、merging markets.At home, our economy is still too unbalanced, so I am the first to say we need to continue ourefforts to boost business investment, exports and housing supply.But the biggest risk comes from the tendency in parts of our body politics – the left and nowtoo the populist right &nd
7、ash; to wage a war on enterprise, regulate prices, propose penal taxes,close Britain to business and return to the old ways of borrow and spend.We must win this battle.And go on confronting Britain’s problems with long term answers that will build an economy foreveryone.So while I know this is
8、 my fifth speech to you as Chancellor; I hope it is not my last.For I want to finish the job.Lord Mayor, tonight we are joined by someone attending their first Mansion House dinner.Our Governor of the Bank of England.Mark, we all thank you for the integrity, intelligence and international reach you
9、have broughtto the challenges of the last year.And we look forward to what you have to say.Our 3 new Deputy Governors – Jon Cunliffe, Ben Broadbent and Minouche Shafik, together withAndrew Bailey, complete what I immodestly think is the strongest team of any central bank inthe world.The Court
10、continues the oversight of the Bank’s work, and at the end of this month AnthonyHabgood will replace David Lees as its Chair.David, thank you for helping steer the Bank through the big reforms of recent years and theappointment of a new Governor.And thank you too to Charlie Bean for the 6 year
11、s he has given our nation as Deputy Governor.We are lucky that one of our greatest economists has chosen to dedicate his life to publicservice for so long.The Bank of England now sits back where it belongs, at the heart of our financial system –supervising the prudential regulation of our bank
12、s and insurers, thanks to the reforms Iannounced in my first speech here at the Mansion House in 2023.And in each speech since, I have set out new steps to strengthen the resilience of oureconomy and the financing that underpins it.2023, Ringfencing our retail banks2023, launching funding for Lendin
13、gLast year, restructuring the Royal Bank of Scotland and firing the starting gun on the sale ofour stake in Lloyds.It would be tempting this year, at the Mansion House, to pause for breath.But our task is far from complete – and today I will announce further changes to build thatresilient econ
14、omy for all and the strong, competitive financial services that should contributeto it.Lord Mayor, the City of London has emerged from the wreckage of what went so badly wrong,stronger and better regulated, more international and more responsive to the needs ofcustomers here at home.Our financial ex
15、ports grew 10% last year, and our surplus in finance and insurance hasreached £45 billion – twice as much as our closest competitors.We’ve welcomed to Britain the headquarters of some of the world’s largest insurance firms.And we have been chosen as the location for the Inter
16、national Forum of the world’s SovereignWealth Funds.In my first Mansion House speech, I said I wanted British financial firms and markets to be atthe heart of financing China’s extraordinary expansion.Now two thirds of all Renminbi payments outside of China and Hong Kong now take place inLondon.Chinese bonds are being issued here, Chinese assets are bei
