银行因为不良贷款造成资本亏空，放贷能力大不如前。再有，因为贷款手续更加严格，顾客无法满足，因此银行也不如从前一样愿意放贷。
Banks are less able to lend because their capital has been depleted by bad loans, or less willing because customers can't meet tighter underwriting standards.
2006年，财政预算亏空占gdp的比例高达9.4%；来自资本经纪公司(一家咨询公司)的内尔·希尔林认为到2008年底，这一数字将缩小至3.5%。
The budget deficit reached a yawning 9.4% of GDP in 2006; Neil Shearing of Capital Economics, a consultancy, reckons it may be down to as little as 3.5% by the end of 2008.
鉴于花旗集团贷款帐面的风险，这一比例需要显著提高，即便这可能会给银行第四财季业绩带来巨大亏空，并因此大量损耗银行资本。
Given the risk in Citi's loan book, that ratio needs to rise even though taking it higher could eat a massive hole in fourth-quarter earnings, and thus deplete its capital.
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