Construction shows no sign of returning to bubble-era levels, nor are there any indications that debt-burdened families are going back to their old habits of spending all they earned.

建筑业并没有显示出恢复到泡沫时代水平的任何迹象，也没有任何指数表明负债家庭正在恢复到将挣来的所有金钱花掉的旧习惯。

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This will fuel fears that the books of commercial Banks, stuffed with fast-deteriorating mortgages, car loans, credit-card debt and loans for construction, are more rotten than feared.

这一事实将使人们担忧充斥着快速恶化的次贷、车贷、信贷和建筑贷款的商业银行账面比人们所担心的更加糟糕。

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When the bubble burst, home construction plunged, and so did consumer spending as debt-burdened families cut back.

泡沫破灭时，房地产建筑业一落千丈，而随着负债家庭削减开支，消费支出也大幅下降。

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They believe they have adequate capacity to meet demand and, besides, they are in debt from construction costs.

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D-marks to bail out a debt-ridden construction company, Philipp Holzmann, which had been sliding to bankruptcy, appalled the more radical reformers.

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This suggests one way to reduce the risk of a property bubble: rely less on bank debt to finance construction, and more on equity.

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