The fact that cash is being drawn out of society, is less a feature of our everyday lives, and the ease of electronic payments—is this actually making us spend more money without realizing it?

事实上，现金正从社会中被抽走，这并不是我们日常生活的一个特征，电子支付也很方便——这真的会让我们在不知不觉中花更多的钱吗？

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Tax havens make easy money from registering companies and processing payments-in effect, earning a rent from their sovereign status.

实际上，避税港从登记在它名下的公司和支付进程中轻松获利—因而在本土获取租金。

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It estimated that between 2005 and 2008, 46% of borrowers had no money or an income shortfall after stripping out mortgage payments and living expenses.

据估计在2005至2008年间，有46%的借款人在偿还贷款和基本生活支出之外身无分文或者收入不足。

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You're given coupon payments every six months and then, when the bond matures,you get your money back.

每六个月你会收到一次利息,当债券到期,你可以赎回本金

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When you buy a house, you borrow the money and you pay it back in fixed-- it would usually be monthly, but let's say annual payments.

当你买了一座房子,你贷了些款,然后你在一定的时间内偿还一部分,一般来说都是按月来算的,但是假设我们是按年支付的

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But there are bonds, so simple, just plunk down your money and you get payments in return over the years and then all of your money is returned to you.

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Both market participants and regulators took comfort from the fact that the money-transmission and payments systems throughout America continued to operate normally throughout the week, but this did not lure many traders into taking new positions.

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And it talks about saving money by reducing payments to physicians and hospitals.

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