Mr Osborne was brave to put Numbers to his levy, given that Britain is the first financially significant country to put a bank tax in place.

财政大臣奥斯本之所以勇于增加银行征税，是因为英国是第一个设立银行税的重要经济大国。

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By way of comparison, the Bank of England estimates that $2.8 trillion has been lost in credit-related instruments, the devices that dragged the financial system down in the first place.

相比较而言，英格兰银行估计已经有2万8千亿美元损失在与借贷相关的金融产品身上，这些产品正是把整个金融系统拖入深渊的始作俑者。

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If the central bank were honest from the start and pre-announced that it would eventually reverse its policy, it might never reach its goal of higher inflation in the first place.

如果央行从一开始就非常诚实，提前告知人们，它最终将扭转自己的政策，那么它或许永远都无法实现提高通胀率这个第一目标。

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"Many of the most vulnerable are denied access to a bank account in the first place, or unfairly penalised when they open one, " Teresa Perchard, Citizens Advice director of policy, said.

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Instead, it argues for acting pre-emptively to prevent a bubble inflating in the first place as the Bank of England recently tried to do by raising interest rates in response to rising house prices, even though inflation was below its target.

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His goal broke a 1-1 deadlock and showcased the skill set that prompted Liverpool to break the bank for his services in the first place.

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