A downgrade could lead to higher interest rates, pummeling a weak U.S. economy and making debt servicing even more expensive.

信用评级被下调可能导致更高的利率，从而打击美国疲软的经济，并使得借债成本更加高昂。

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A downgrade could lead to higher interest rates, pummeling a weak U. S. economy and making debt servicing even more expensive.

信用评级被下调可能导致更高的利率，从而打击美国疲软的经济，并使得借债成本更加高昂。

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The cost of servicing rising debt will rise.

偿还上涨的债务的成本将会增加。

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Most other Asian stock markets were down sharply, a reaction to word that Dubai's main investment arm is having trouble servicing its debt.

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Near-crippling, too, are levels of debt servicing and obligatory pension payments to former public-sector officials.

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Debt servicing, which a decade ago ate up two-thirds of export revenues, now absorbs less than a quarter.

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That will now have to rise to around 3.3%, merely to compensate for the extra cost of debt servicing.

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