达拉斯 —— 随着企业和资本从纽约、加利福尼亚等传统金融中心流出，一个南方州正日益积极地争取成为美国下一个金融强国。
DALLAS — As companies and capital flow away from traditional financial hubs like New York and California, one southern state is making an increasingly aggressive bid to become America's next financial powerhouse.
前众议员、得克萨斯证券交易所战略顾问杰布·亨萨林在该交易所达拉斯总部接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，得克萨斯州正在成为“美国的经济重心”。“得克萨斯州确实正在成为美国的经济重心，”亨萨林说。
Speaking with Fox News Digital from the Texas Stock Exchange's Dallas headquarters, former Congressman Jeb Hensarling, a strategic advisor to the exchange, said Texas is already becoming "the economic center of gravity in America." "Texas is really becoming the economic center of gravity in America," Hensarling said.
“随着纽约日益排挤资本，得克萨斯州在说‘欢迎光临’。我们铺开欢迎垫，而在纽约，资本并不真正感到宾至如归，资本想去让它感到宾至如归的地方。” 美国下一个经济强国可能正在红州领地崛起得克萨斯证券交易所于去年获得证券交易委员会批准，旨在通过为企业提供另一个上市和挂牌交易的场所，与纽约证券交易所和纳斯达克展开竞争。
"As New York is increasingly shoving capital out, Texas is saying, 'You're welcome.' We put out the welcome mat, whereas New York, capital isn't really made to feel at home, and capital wants to go where it's made to feel at home." AMERICA’S NEXT ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE MAY BE RISING IN RED-STATE TERRITORY The Texas Stock Exchange, which received Securities and Exchange Commission approval last year, is designed to compete with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq by giving companies another venue to go public and list their shares.
支持者表示，该交易所是孤星州正从企业迁移目的地演变为有能力挑战华尔街的金融中心的最新迹象。
Supporters say the exchange is the latest sign the Lone Star State is evolving from a destination for corporate relocations into a financial center capable of challenging Wall Street.
“德克萨斯州几十年来一直是开展业务的绝佳之地，”亨斯林表示。“但如今，它越来越成为设立企业总部的理想之地。在过去几届立法会议期间，得益于新通过的法律，这里也成为注册公司的绝佳选择。而真正补全这一拼图的最后一块，是德克萨斯证券交易所，它正使德克萨斯州成为企业上市和走向公众市场的最佳地点。”
"Texas has been a great place to do business for decades," Hensarling said. "But increasingly, it's a great place to headquarter your business. Over the last couple of legislative sessions, because of laws passed, it's a great place to incorporate your business. And really the last piece of that puzzle was the Texas Stock Exchange, which is now making Texas the best place to list your company and to go public."
该州不仅在增长，其人均经济财富也在增加。该交易所已吸引能源传输公司、迪拉德百货、Sunoco和德克萨斯资本银行等企业将其作为主要上市地。亨斯林表示，摩根大通和贝莱德等主要金融机构的支持，以及从竞争对手交易所招募的高管，都表明这一举措绝非仅仅是一场品牌营销。
THIS STATE ISN'T JUST GROWING — ITS ECONOMY IS GETTING RICHER PER RESIDENT The exchange has already secured primary listings from companies including Energy Transfer, Dillard's, Sunoco and Texas Capital Bank. Hensarling said backing from major financial firms such as JPMorgan and BlackRock, along with executives recruited from competing exchanges, demonstrates the venture is more than a branding exercise.
“他们不会把资金投入那些他们认为会亏损的地方，”亨斯林说。“市场已经给予了大量认可。”亨斯林还驳斥了“Y'all Street”（意为“你们大街”，指代德克萨斯证券交易所）不过是一句朗朗上口的口号的批评。
"They don't put their capital in places where they think it's going to lose money," Hensarling said. "It's a lot of validation from the market already." Hensarling also dismissed criticism that "Y'all Street" is little more than a catchy slogan.
“如果这只是一招噱头，我真不确定竞争对手为何会突然在这里设立办事处，”他说。
"If it was gimmicky, I'm not really sure the competition would be all of a sudden setting up offices here," he said.
亨斯林指出，该交易所的财务支持者、从竞争对手交易所招募的高管，以及选择德克萨斯州作为主要上市地的公司，都证明它已迅速成为一家值得信赖的竞争者。
Hensarling pointed to the exchange's financial backers, executives recruited from rival exchanges and companies that have chosen Texas as their primary listing as evidence that it has quickly become a credible competitor.
亨斯林表示，该交易所不过是德克萨斯州更广泛经济崛起中的最新篇章。
Hensarling said the exchange is simply the latest chapter in Texas' broader economic ascent.
“人们来到德克萨斯州，因为，再次强调，资本在这里感到受欢迎，”他说。“这是一台经济巨兽……总而言之，他们来到这里，是因为在经济上，这里才是充满活力的中心。”
"People are coming to Texas because, again, capital is made to feel welcome," he said. "It's an economic juggernaut... all in all, they're coming here because this is where, economically, the action is."