Despite his impeccable record, this is not the first time that Merk has found himself at the centre of controversy.

尽管他有着良好履历，但这已不是莫克第一次发现他自己处于争论的漩涡中心了。

'Intervention in currency markets only works in very rare environments, mostly when it's very quiet with low volume,' Mr. Merk says.

默克说，干预汇市的行为只在非常罕见的情况下才会有效，大多是市场非常清淡、成交量很低的时候。

Mr. Merk says that if there is one economy that can sustain the turmoil the globe is expected to contend with in coming years, it is Japan, where consumers have been saving for years.

默克说，如果说有哪个经济体未来几年能撑过全球要应付的动荡前景，那就是日本，该国的消费者多年来储蓄了雄厚资金。