All told, Banks across the 17-country euro area average 26-1 leverage - double the ratio in the United States.

总计，欧元区17国银行业的平均杠杆比率为26 - 1——是美国的两倍。

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Leverage is being squeezed out of real estate by increased bank reserve ratio requirements (which are almost double those of Banks like Citigroup (BAC - news - people)) and by limits on mortgages.

随着银行存款准备金率(两倍于花旗银行和美国银行)的提升和对房屋贷款的限制房地产市场的杠杆化效应正在被淡化。

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Most importantly, leverage is a double-edged sword and could have dire financial consequences for a retiree.

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Since our overleveraged economy was the cause of the great recession, how can we avoid going into a double-dip recession if leverage is still being added?

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Our conclusion is that large cap banks are not currently priced for sustained earnings growth, and that those banks that can create operating leverage and deploy capital are in a position to achieve low double digit EPS growth even with modest top line growth.

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