The picture since the beginning of 1999 offered a measure of hope, but biases and asymmetries persisted in the trading system, and structural uncertainty and volatility continued to characterize the financial system.
1999年初以来的情况给了人们一些希望，但贸易制度中仍存在着偏向和不平衡，结构上的不稳定因素和动荡仍是金融制度的特点。