It used to be that the government didn't let banks pay more than a certain amount on their deposits and that helped protect banks because then they didn't have to compete to pay high interest rates -then be incentivized to make risky loans to try to make money with those high interest rates.

在这之前,政府不允许银行对存款,支付超过一定数量的利息,那样做是为了保护银行,因此他们不必争相,去支付高额利率...,因为在高利率支付下银行会倾向于,发放高危贷款以获取利润

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If banks get in trouble and they can't pay out -if one bank gets in trouble and can't pay out on its deposits, then that can bring the whole system down because it can cause a panic among investors -among depositors and banks -and create a run on a bank.

如果银行出现问题而且他们无法支付...,如果一家银行出现问题,并且无法支付提取的存款,那么这就会使得整个系统崩溃,因为这会在投资者中引起恐慌...,在存款人和银行中引起恐慌,并且造成银行挤兑

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