It would tend, therefore, not to increase, but to diminish, what they called the unfavourable balance of trade, and consequently the exportation of gold and silver.

因此，它往往不会增加，而是会减少他们所谓的贸易逆差，从而减少黄金和白银的出口。

For a favourable balance, provided it is not too large, will prove extremely stimulating; whilst an unfavourable balance may soon produce a state of persistent depression.

对于一个有利的平衡，只要它不是太大，就会被证明是非常刺激的；而不利的平衡可能很快会产生持续的抑郁状态。

They were sophistical, too, perhaps, in asserting that the high price of exchange necessarily increased what they called the unfavourable balance of trade, or occasioned the exportation of a greater quantity of gold and silver.

也许他们也很狡猾，断言高昂的交换价格必然会增加他们所谓的贸易逆差，或者导致更多的黄金和白银出口。