And should such a firm fail, there will be a bigger capital buffer to absorb losses.

如果这样的机构破产，将有一个更大的资本缓冲去吸收亏损。

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The new capital buffer is intended to give bank supervisors a second tool: they can take away the punch bowl while the party is still in full swing or can top it up when the economy is slowing.

而新的缓冲资本旨在向银行监管人提供第二个应对办法，即当聚会仍在火热进行时，授权他们端走大酒杯，或当经济衰退时，他们可以使酒杯满上。

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That means there is less of a buffer before losses start to burn up Banks' capital.

这就意味着在损失开始吞噬银行资金前几乎是没有缓冲余地的。

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Banks must hold a higher buffer of capital to a certain level in order to keep to European rules.

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They will have to add to that a "counter cyclical" capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, meaning capital reserves will in the coming years have to represent 7% of their loans and investments.

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This allowed higher payouts, but meant there was less of a capital buffer should anything go badly wrong.

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