For this reason countries, even rich countries try to keep reserves of foreign currencies around.

因此许多国家，甚至是富有的国家，都要设法在手头保留若干外汇储备。

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This low tax on land was part of the reason for the property bubbles in these countries, because untaxed land value was paid to Banks, which, in turn, lent it out to bid up prices all the more.

如此低的土地税，是催生这些国家房地产泡沫的部分原因，因为那些未征税的土地价值都支付给了银行，而银行又将其以贷款形式借出，进一步推高房价。

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The reason for this is not clear, but it is a good bet that many countries have been following the American example.

具体的原因尚不清楚，但可以肯定的是，其中一个原因就是很多国家都以美国为榜样。

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Partly for this reason, the handful of countries that have already introduced recycling programmes for electrical goods, such as the Netherlands and Sweden, have all chosen to make producers pay.

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Dr Cazap says the main reason for this is that a number of Latin American countries are becoming more economically developed, which in turn is bringing rapid urbanisation and ageing populations.

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For this reason one can ask whether even a currency union (of independent countries, whether in Europe or the Americas) can ever be perfectly credible.

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