Stores didn't want to turn away lower-income customers, though - hence layaway. It allowed them to impulse shop and take advantage of sales, but it also protected the store's capital.

大商场又不想把低收入的顾客推出门去，因此采用了预约购物办法，允许他们利用商场推销即时购物，但是也保护了商场的流动资金。

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In this way, our macro economy would be protected from the impact of abnormal capital flows.

这将在很大程度上对冲掉资本异常流动对中国宏观经济的冲击。

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Most enterprises are family owned and, since they operate in protected markets, have no great need to raise capital, especially if it means exposing themselves to greater scrutiny.

多数企业仍为家族公司，而且由于其身处保护市场，本就没有大量增资需求，一提到要曝光财务资料接受仔细审计就更是如此。

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UBS, says that three-year callable step-up bonds and capital-protected equity funds are currently in vogue.

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In Saudi Arabia and Qatar, for example, they have more of an appetite for lower-risk, capital-protected investments.

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Security in the capital, protected by a network of close circuit cameras and tens of thousands of police officers and private security guards, is not likely to deteriorate any time soon.

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