The rules would require the investment houses to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission if their assets exceed a yet to be determined size.

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Those are institutions that arrange for or manage the buying and selling of financial assets, such as the New York Stock Exchange.

经纪机构是指那些安排或,管理买卖的,金融资产的机构,比如说纽约股票交易所

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The Fed is taking on a serious risk in doing this because these assets that it takes on in exchange for Treasury securities could fail.

美联储这样做很有风险,因为这些他们作为国库证券交换来的,资产可能是个烂摊子。

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