During his term, the debt was cut by more than four hundred million dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.

是一种付款承诺,通常是货币支付形式,有长期债券,以及短期债券

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It surprises many people that stocks have paid such an enormous premium over the return on short-term debt.

很多人没有想到的是,股票相比短期债券而言,存在一个巨大的溢价。

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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who highlighted another long-term risk to America's economic health: its skyrocketing national debt.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

They show the expected return on stocks versus bonds or short-term debt for a whole range of countries.

他们对这些国家的股票预期收益与,国债或者短期债券作出比较。

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That has led to charges by Republicans the economic recovery is an illusion, funded by inefficient government spending that has weakened America's long-term economic position by vastly expanding the national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

The other thing that I mentioned last time was that there seems to be a really big difference between the expected return on the stock market and the expected return on short-term debt.

上节课提到的另一条内容是,股票市场的预期收益,与短期债券的预期收益,存在着巨大差异

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Republicans have made clear they will continue to underscore what they call the long-term deficit and debt risks for the economy of the legislation President Obama hopes to be able to sign not too far into the new year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The shortest term debt instrument in the United States is the Federal Funds Rate, which is an overnight rate--one day maturity-- and the longest issued by the Government is a thirty-year government bond, which will be repaid three decades in the future.

美国最短期的债券,是联邦基金利率,隔夜拆兑,一天到期,而时间最长的国债,是一种三十年期的政府债券,未来三十年才兑现

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