So if house prices fall below the value of the mortgage, a householder can walk away from his debt. Many have done so: fire sales of seized homes have weighed heavily on prices.

因此，如果房价降至抵押物价值以下，房主可以安全脱离债务，许多人这么做：被没收财产的降价销售严重依赖于市场价格水平。

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One possibility is that the developed world will attempt to inflate its debt away, perhaps by ever-larger doses of quantitative easing.

第一种可能性是，发达国家用通货膨胀抵消其债务，办法可能是一波大过一波的量化宽松。

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A person told their credit card is about to be taken away because of serious debt cheers themselves up with a spending spree while they've still got it.

有人说他们的信用卡将因其严重的负债状况而被吊销，然而他们仍在过度消费。

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Bankruptcy usually results in the wiping away of considerable debt that can otherwise hobble a company.

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Assuming that the market for new stock offerings can rebound, some of the debt will go away in place of equity capital.

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Unhelpfully for Mr Brown, Alistair Darling, his independent-minded chancellor, stresses the urgency of chipping away at public debt.

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