More certain, however, is that the debt burden and default rates for graduates are particularly high.

然而，可以更确定的是毕业生的债务负担和违约率居高不下。

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But despite the rich world's heaviest debt burden, Japan still borrows at rock-bottom rates, thanks to deflation and the loyalty of its savers.

尽管该国的负债水平居富裕国家之首，但是因为有通货膨胀和忠心耿耿的储户，日本依然在以最低利率告贷。

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And these high interest rates, by raising the burden of debt service, make default more likely.

而这些高的利率有加重了债务服务的负担，增大了违约的可能性。

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Mr Wilson explained that the primary purpose of the bill was to introduce a temporary levy on larger retail stores in order to relive the rates burden on smaller businesses.

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Unlike the example of the sales tax above, much of the burden of the higher tax rates are likely to fall on those who provide services to the 2%.

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Mr Serra likes to say that Brazil holds three negative world records: it has the highest interest rates in the world, the heaviest tax burden of any emerging country and one of the lowest rates of public investment.

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