The "shadow inventory" of distressed homes kept off the market by lenders remains high in many markets, meaning a flood of supply still threatens to overwhelm declining demand.

低价房产的隐形库存阻碍着市场，很多市场中的贷方数量居高不下，意味着仍存在供过于求的危险。

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One factor that stands in the way of another commodities boom in the new year is that investors, having been so badly burned by the plunge last year, are unlikely to flood back into the market.

新的一年中，阻挠商品期货繁荣的因素之一是投资者，因为他们在去年的暴跌中损失惨重，未必回到市场中来。

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Investors had assumed that this would mean a flood of properties coming onto the market as owners tried to offload their buildings and borrowers breached their covenants.

投资者原本认为，随着房屋所有者试图甩掉手中的房产以及借款者的违约，这将意味着会有大量房产涌入市场。

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The goal is not to flood the market with cheap oil as this would destabilise the world economy, but to remove Saudi Arabia as the controller of the world's oil supply.

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Europol officials say that gangs of counterfeiters are already planning to use Kosovo and Montenegro, which will switch from the Deutschemark to the euro, to flood the market with fake notes.

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Ad-skipping is likely to increase, as DVRs flood the mass market thanks to plummeting prices and increased bundling from pay-TV operators seeking a competitive advantage.

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