If you invested your money in the BRICs early, took your profits and got out of the PIGS in time you may now be wondering whether to put your money into MINTs or keep it in the HIDeCs.  We’re not about to offer you investment advice, but we do get asked what all of these mean so here goes…
如果你早先在金砖国家投资过,带着你的盈利及时离开欧猪四国。也许你在想是否要把你的钱投入薄荷四国或把它留在高负债发达国家。我们不打算给你提供投资建议,但的确被问起这些都代表着什么,所以在这里进行解释……
 
BRIC(S): Brazil, Russia, India and China (South Africa).  Countries which were tipped for high growth 10 years ago.
金砖四国:巴西、俄罗斯、印度和中国(南非),在过十年前获得了颠覆性的高增长。
 
PIGS (or PIIGS): Portugal, Italy (Ireland), Greece and Spain.  A group of countries at the edges of  the Euro zone.
欧猪四国:葡萄牙、意大利(爱尔兰)、希腊和西班牙,那些在欧元区边缘的国家。
 
MINTs: Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.  The economies tipped to provide great growth over the next 10 years.“MINTs are fresh, unlike BRICs”.
薄荷四国:墨西哥、印度尼西亚、尼日利亚和土耳其,在未来十年经济将有巨大增长。比起金砖四国,薄荷四国更有活力。
 
HIDeCs: Highly Indebted Developed Countries.  Odds are you live in one of these. Not to be confused with…
高负债发达国家:很可能你就身处其中之一,不要为之困惑。
 
HIPCs: Highly Indebted Poor Countries.  A group of countries eligible for special assistance.
负债沉重的穷国:那些有资格获得特别援助的国家。
 
What will the next acronym be and what does this mean for businesses in the UK?  As the UK can be known by any of the three initials BUG (Britain, United Kingdom, Great Britain), we’re more likely to appear in the next acronym than a country less useful for spelling.
下一个首字母缩略词将是什么?对英国商业有何意义?正如英国可以表示为BUG(英国、联合王国和大不列颠)中的任何一个,我们更可能出现在下一个首字母缩写词中而不是一个对拼写不太有用的国家中。