He made the comments off the back of good news for the lender.

他是在貸款人有好消息的情況下發表的評論。

On Friday, Barclays reported stronger than expected third quarter results thanks to a return to profit for the banks consumer businesses.

上週五，巴克萊銀行公佈了強於預期的第三季度業績，得益於銀行消費者業務恢復盈利。

There's been speculation over Staley's future.

關於斯塔利的未來，人們一直在猜測。

Barclays disclosed in February that British regulators had launched an investigation into Staley's past connections to the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

巴克萊銀行在2月份披露，英國監管機構已經對Staley過去與被定罪的性犯罪者Jeffrey Epstein的關係展開調查。

That probe is yet to conclude.

這項調查還沒有結束。

Staley has said he regrets having had any relationship with Epstein, but he told reporters in a call on Friday, I think will be here for another couple of years.

斯塔利說他很後悔與愛潑斯坦有任何關係，但他在週五的電話中告訴記者，我認為將在這裡再待幾年。

Barclays is the first major British bank to publish third quarter earnings.

巴克萊銀行是第一家公佈第三季度財報的英國大銀行。

Analysts and investors are watching results for any signs of a wave of bad loans due to the global slowdown.

分析師和投資者都在關注結果，看是否有因全球經濟放緩而出現壞賬潮的跡象。

The bank reported profit before tax of $1.4 billion almost double analyst forecasts.

該行公佈的稅前利潤為14億美元，幾乎是分析師預測的兩倍。

It shares jumped following its results and were up a Muchas 8% in morning trade.

它的股價在其業績後跳漲，並在上午的交易中上漲了Muchas 8％。

Barclays booked £608 million in provisions for bad loans and other charges, down 63% from the previous quarter.

巴克萊銀行計提了6.08億英鎊的壞賬及其他費用準備，比上一季度下降63%。

But it added that it was considering further cost cutting measures, which could result in more charges.

但它補充說，它正在考慮進一步的成本削減措施，這可能導致更多的收費。

Staley said Thies could include reductions in office space and other such overheads.

Staley說，Thies可能包括減少辦公空間和其他此類開銷。

Barclays, British rivals all report their earnings next week.

巴克萊銀行、英國競爭對手下週都會公佈財報。