恶兆之一便是10年期德国联邦公债于1月7日的拍卖中竟然因为买家不足而未能筹至目标满额，结果创了有史以来第二糟的拍卖纪录。

Ominously, an auction by the German government of ten-year bonds on January 7th failed to attract sufficient buyers to raise the full amount targeted. The auction was the second-worst on record.

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然后，他们以出借的方式将这些美元交还美国，以换取各种各样的美国借据，包括美国的长期国库券、联邦机构发行的公债以及私营部门的债务（ private-sector debt ）。

They then loan many of those dollars back to the United States in exchange for all manner of American i. o. u. 's, including Treasury bonds, federal agency bonds, and private-sector debt.

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