It may be advantageous to delay payments in one year and prepay them in the next year to bunch the expenses in one year.

把当前年度的费用延迟到下一年支付，在下一年预付它们，这样可以把相关的费用集中到一年内。

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Recent data suggests that more borrowers are opting to delay payments, with or without default-management programs.

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Exporters told their customers to delay payments.

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If Congress fails to increase the debt limit, the government would have to stop, limit, or delay payments on a broad range of legal obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, and interest on the national debt, which is paid to big, market maker banks like J.

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