IMF当天发布《2019外部风险报告》说，中国经常账户顺差占国内生产总值（GDP）比重已从2007年的约10%大幅降至2018年的0.4%，中国外部头寸已基本符合中期经济基本面，表明中国经济增长不再依赖出口拉动，而转向内需驱动。

According to the IMF's External Risk Report of 2019, China's current account surplus has dropped sharply from about 10% of GDP in 2007 to 0.4% in 2018. China's external position has basically met the medium-term economic fundamentals, indicating that China's economic growth is no longer driven by exports but driven by domestic demand.

报告说，2007年以来中国经常账户顺差持续大幅下降，是主要发达经济体需求疲软、中国制造业技术升级、人民币实际有效汇率升值、服务贸易逆差扩大等多种因素作用的结果，反映出中国经济再平衡取得显著进展。

The report says that China's current account surplus has been declining sharply since 2007, which is the result of weak demand in major developed economies, technological upgrading of China's manufacturing industry, appreciation of the real effective exchange rate of the RMB, and expansion of the service trade deficit, reflecting remarkable progress in China's economic rebalancing.

随着中国经济再平衡继续推进，IMF预计未来几年中国经常账户顺差将进一步下降。IMF表示，2018年人民币实际有效汇率与经济基本面保持一致，从全年看跨境资本流动为小幅净流入。

As China's economic rebalancing continues, the IMF expects China's current account surplus to decline further in the coming years. The IMF said that the real effective exchange rate of the RMB in 2018 was consistent with the economic fundamentals, and that cross-border capital flows were small net inflows throughout the year.

IMF首席经济学家吉塔·戈皮纳特当天在新闻发布会上表示，IMF期待中国继续依靠国内消费驱动经济增长，减少信贷依赖，并鼓励私营部门更多参与到经济当中。她呼吁拥有经常账户顺差和逆差的经济体共同努力解决全球失衡问题，重振国际贸易，避免采取扭曲的贸易政策措施。

Gita Gopinat, chief economist of the IMF, said at a news conference the same day that the IMF expects China to continue to rely on domestic consumption to drive economic growth, reduce credit dependence and encourage the private sector to participate more in the economy. She called on economies with current account surpluses and deficits to work together to address global imbalances, revitalize international trade and avoid distorting trade policy measures.

IMF当天发布的报告还显示，全球经常账户差额占全球GDP的比重已从2007年的约6%降至2018年的约3%，其中经常账户顺差过大的主要是欧元区经济体和韩国、新加坡等亚洲经济体，经常账户逆差过大的主要有美国、英国、阿根廷和印度尼西亚等。

The IMF report released on the same day also showed that the global current account balance as a share of global GDP has dropped from about 6% in 2007 to about 3% in 2018. The current account surplus is too large mainly in the euro zone economies and Asian economies such as South Korea and Singapore. The current account deficit is too large mainly in the United States, Britain, Argentina and India. Dunesia et al.

IMF自2012年开始每年发布《外部风险报告》，对美国、中国、德国、日本等全球29个主要经济体和欧元区整体的外部失衡情况及汇率进行分析评估。

Since 2012, the IMF has issued an annual External Risk Report, which analyses and evaluates the external imbalances and exchange rates of 29 major global economies such as the United States, China, Germany, Japan and the euro area as a whole.