If the debt is secured against assets, then the borrower may be forced to sell.

如果债务是以资产作为担保的，那么债务人就有可能被迫出售资产。

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Unless it offset its Treasury liabilities to the rest of the world by acquiring foreign assets, it would find itself ever deeper in debt to foreigners.

除非美国通过借外债来冲抵其欠世界其他国家的国债，到头来将会发现自己又是负债累累。

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ON, which is selling assets to help pay off debt and expand in emerging markets.

ON出售资产是为了偿还债务，以及在新兴市场扩张。

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The possible downside to a policy of greater reliance on money-finance or debt-finance is that it might make holding dollar-denominated financial assets less attractive to foreigners.

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