《金融英语阅读(第2版)》的修订在这样一个大环境下进行，高等教育出版社组织的专家给教材的修订提供了宝贵意见，使教材内容更加贴近金融领域。例如增加了世界银行、国际货币基金组织和中国人民银行的功能及其在世界金融经济中所发挥的作用等的篇章，在相关课文的练习中选用反映金融发展和金融危机的*新内容，替换了原有材料，并增加了课文的难句理解译文以及补充阅读练习的答案。
具体修改内容如下：
1)重新编写了**至三章的课文和补充阅读课文；
2)更新了第五、七、九、十章补充阅读的内容，更换了第十一章和第十二章的补充阅读文章；
3)主课文增设难句理解；
4)更换了第七、八、十四章填空练习的内容；对英译汉练习内容进行了调整；第四至七章、第十二至十四章练习内容更换为课文内段落；
5)补充练习增加了答案。

chapter1 the pbc's development in 60 years
supplementary reading
the monetary-policy maze

chapter2 international monetary fund
supplementary reading
empowering the imf: should reform be a requirement for increasing imf's resources?

chapter3 the world bank group
supplementary reading
banking on coal: why is the world bank subsidizing one of the planet's dirtiest fuels? 42

chapter4 money and finance
supplementary reading
the financial system: domestic and international

chapter5 the evolution of the payments system
supplementary reading
australian payments system

chapter6 what are central banks?
supplementary reading
restructuring of chinese banking industry

chapter7 the federal reserve system
supplementary reading
formal structure of the federal reserve system

chapter8 commercial banks: history of banking
supplementary reading
comments on balance-sheet items

chapter9 bank management
supplementary reading
comments on profit and loss account

chapter10 financial market
supplementary reading
money market instruments

chapter11 the investment process
supplementary reading
emerging markets

chapter12 insurance
supplementary reading
insurance powers of banking institutions

chapter13 euro
supplementary reading
euro banknotes and coins

chapter14 the uruguay round subsidies agreement
supplementary reading
contract
answer key