Many firms will see their debt-to-equity ratio rise and their ability to borrow fall.

许多企业会发现其产权比率上升，借贷能力下降。

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Both were too reliant on borrowed money, and suffered when their ability to borrow was taken away.

两者都过于依赖借款能力，因此一旦失去了这种能力便深受其害。

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But policymakers would still be right to emphasise house prices because their decline has also limited Americans' ability to borrow.

但是政策制定者们强调房价依然是对的，因为房价的下跌也会限制美国的借款能力。

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So what banks offer is liquidity -the ability to borrow short even though the loans that are made are long-term.

而银行就提供了流动性,即接受短期存款,但可以发放长期贷款的能力

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