This meant that sudden falls in the equity market, or changes in bond yields, had a big impact on a company's balance-sheet.

这意味着股票市场的急速下挫或债券收益率的改变都会对公司的资产负债表产生重大影响。

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And it is not sustainable without some changes in large part because we had what we call a baby boom, which doesn't sound like much to Chinese — 40 million people is not a big deal, I know.

如果不进行某些改变，该计划将无法持续，主要原因是我们曾经有过一个所谓的“婴儿潮”，这一时期出生的人有4,000万，我知道对中国人来说这不算多，没什么大不了。

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We haven't had a big pause yet, so as the leadership changes, we could have a three month or so of setback and consolidation in markets before the next stage.

市场还没有过一个大的休息阶段，因为领涨股会改变，市场会有三个月左右的下挫巩固阶段然后进入下一阶段。

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Health insurers had predicted big, painful changes for many of their Medicare Advantage customers after the federal government said in February that the amount it pays per person for the popular coverage could fall more than 2 percent in 2014.

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But she said it had put the issue on the agenda and enabled some big changes, such as bringing all the governments websites together at gov.uk.

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Then peers turn to the Public Service Pensions Bill - a measure which makes big and painful changes, but which has had a surprisingly smooth passage through parliament.

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