That is what happens when many people try to withdraw all their money from a bank.

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What is a bank?

什么是银行

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Well, the Fed is like that now, but what Paulson and Nason wanted to do is make it more than a banker's bank.

联邦政府现在就像英国银行一样，但是鲍尔森和内森想做的,远远不止中央银行那么点。

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Unfortunately, what we've seen recently is a kind of a bank run on the asset-backed commercial paper.

不幸的是,最近的情况是,有些银行开始运作资产担保商业票据

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What Paulson wants to do is make that official that the Fed is no longer just a central bank; it's a market stability regulator.

鲍尔森想做的就是使各级政府,以及联邦政府不再单单是个中央银行;,而是市场稳定的监控者。

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If you'll allow me I will talk first about just what is a central bank such as the Federal Reserve and what do they do.

如果可以的话，我将首先谈谈,中央银行到底是什么,比如说联邦储备局，还有他们都做什么。

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