That, in turn, helped the firm to reduce its leverage ratio (the level of indebtedness on its balance sheet), avoid a rating downgrade and appear healthier than it actually was.

借此，该公司降低了杠杆比率（资产负债表上债务所占比率），避免评级遭到下调，显得比实际情况更为健康。

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Sandler is thought to have made a tidy profit on securities it bought for a discount in the crisis, although its upside is limited by a refusal to leverage its balance-sheet.

尽管上面受到账面平衡的限制，人们认为桑德勒在其于经济危机中以折扣价购买的证券上收益良多。

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However, given the insurance business is based on capital leverage, once tail risk emerges, it gives volatilities on earnings, balance sheet and share prices.

然而，鉴于保险业务基于资本杠杆率，一旦出现尾部风险，就会给收益、资产负债表和股价带来波动。

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Raising capital, at a time when Lehman is trying to reduce the leverage on its balance sheet by shedding assets, suggests that additional big write-downs are coming.

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On top of that, HTA maintains a conservative balance sheet, with total leverage of only 31% at the end of the third quarter.

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Then we'll regulate the leverage they employ--on and off of the balance sheet.

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