But their returns on equity trail their American and European peers. Their business is largely domestic and the long-term prospects for the Japanese economy are dim.

但是，它们的股本回报率低于它们的欧美同行，它们的业务大部分在国内，而且从长期来看日本经济前景暗淡。

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Look further ahead, though, and the proposed us reductions become more ambitious; the poor prospects on the immediate horizon are effectively a consequence of the last dozen years of American drift.

尽管远眺未来，美国的计划消减量变得更加雄心勃勃；但是即将发生的惨淡前景正是由于近十几年美国的观望态度造成的。

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Improving growth prospects and lower public debt than many rich-world issuers have allowed Asian and Latin American countries to lengthen maturities.

亚洲和拉丁美洲国家正在改善增长前景，其公共债务水平比很多富裕世界的债券发行国更低，因而延长了期限。

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"I thought that the American medical system was going to take away my life savings and essentially ruin any prospects I had for a pleasant retirement after the operation."

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This is a serious, long term problem for American prospects in the world economy.

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But, either way, the prospects for American leadership do not look good.

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In either case the weakening effect on the dollar should lift short-term earnings prospects for American exporters and the positive market response should spur consumer spending via the wealth effect.

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