Going into the credit crisis, its two big Banks had an extra buffer equivalent to about 1.5% of risk-weighted assets.

信用危机中，它的两大银行拥有大约占其风险加权资产1.5%的额外缓冲等价物。

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The rough equivalent in U.S. terms would be a person who borrows money even though he or she may not need it and then pays it back in an attempt to boost his or her personal credit rating.

在美国这就相当于一个人即使它不需要钱也会向银行借款然后归还借款以此来提高个人的信用等级。

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People who fly more than that would have to buy carbon credits on the equivalent of a credit card.

那些超出配额的人则不得不购买等量的碳信用额度。

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That's because selling a credit swap is equivalent to buying the corporate bond on margin.

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It's also because although Germany could probably afford a 50% writedown of what it's owed, given the strength of its economy and public finances (the writedown, excluding the Target2 credit, would be equivalent to just over 1% of its GDP), the same probably can't be said of Spain, Italy or even France (where the writedown costs would also be around 1% of GDP).

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Valdez also discussed an innovative option his firm is pioneering to give clients an alternative to the typical operating line of credit: In these cases, Pavestone will pool the customer invoices into a fund that becomes the functional equivalent of a traditional line of credit.

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