By shedding profitable business lines, Citigroup would be relinquishing a source of retained earnings, an important part of a bank's capital base.

把盈利的业务出让之后，花旗就放弃了一份有保障的利润，而这正是该行资本基础的关键组成部分。

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Executives said that while federal funds were used to improve their capital base, Banks have done what they can to expand lending.

银行主管们说，他们在利用联邦资金加强银行资本基础的同时，尽了一切努力扩大信贷。

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We have a sound capital base, strong liquidity, unmatched global experience with worldwide reach, and extraordinary people.

我们拥有雄厚的资本基础、宽裕的流动性、无可比拟的广泛国际经验、杰出的人才。

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It's certainly true that we produce in order to consume, but since no entrepreneurs exist without capital, it could be argued that our obsession with cosmetic and mental wellness subtracts from the base of capital in economically harmful ways.

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The carry trade was a vehicle by which Bernanke allowed the banks to build up their capital base, because they had depleted their capital so badly with the write-offs and the mortgage market, and it was difficult for them to go into the market and sell new equity without tremendously diluting their current equity.

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"We don't have the capital base to do it, " concedes banking chief Mitchell Caplan.

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