If they all fled for the exit at once, dumping assets and stopping lending, the result would be carnage both at home and abroad.

如果所有这些企业和家庭即刻抛售资产、放弃借贷，涌出国门，那么其结果对国内外而言都是场腥风血雨。

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But when Banks stop lending, buyers are unable to purchase assets.

但如果银行停止出借，买家便无法购买资产。

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REELING from billions of dollars of loan losses, banks have started to sell assets and rein in lending to keep their capital from eroding.

数十亿美元贷款的血本损失后，银行开始出售资产并放缓新的贷款，以使其资本免受侵蚀。

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The hope is that by unburdening banks of these assets, they will increase lending to potential home buyers.

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Geithner said government and private investors will work together to purchase bad loans from banks, so-called "toxic assets", so the banks can resume lending and get the economy going again.

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Similarly, all 50 states now have registered community credit unions at the municipal, county, and larger levels, with assets and lending reaching tens of billions of dollars.

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The problem is that until banks have all the capital they need, and as I have already mentioned, all the banks will be sorely tempted to boost the ratio of their capital to assets by lending less, to shrink the denominator in the calculation.

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So there is a risk that banks are concentrating too much of their assets in consumer lending.

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