On 14 November 2008, in an intervention described by the BBC's Nick Robinson as "pretty extraordinary", Osborne publicly warned that the more the government borrows, the less attractive sterling becomes to hold.
2008年11月14日，在BBC记者尼克·罗宾逊（英语：Nick Robinson）所描述的“相当不寻常”的干预中， 奥斯本发出了警告：政府赤字越大，英镑的吸引力就越小。