Raising interest rates and cutting spending too soon could easily shock economies and cause asset prices to collapse.

太快提升利率和减少消费都很容易导致经济震荡，并引发资产价格的崩溃。

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A key question for the fate of the universe is whether or not the pull of gravity is strong enough to ultimately reverse the expansion and cause the universe to collapse back on itself.

关乎宇宙命运的一个关键问题在于：引力是否足够强大，最终扭转膨胀的趋势并导致宇宙坍塌回去。

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Keynes said emotions could cause prices to soar and then collapse.

凯恩斯说，情绪可能会导致价格飙升，然后崩溃。

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The more mutations, the more the virus is likely to make genetic mistakes--mistakes that eventually weaken the virus and cause it to collapse.

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Because many factors could be acting together to cause bee colonies to collapse, Dr Cox-Foster and her colleagues decided to examine everything they could find within the empty hives.

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That would cause revenues to collapse, spending to soar further, and deficits and debt to further explode.

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