This has led to an erosion of confidence that has frozen many financial transactions, including loans to consumers and to businesses seeking to expand and create jobs.

它导致了信心的侵蚀，这冻结了很多财务往来，包括对消费者、对试图扩张并创造就业的企业的贷款。

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The fallout from declining home prices has frozen funding for lenders because investors don't want to buy mortgages or bonds backed by housing loans for fear they may be worthless.

由于担心靠房贷支撑的抵押和债券会变得一文不值，投资人拒绝购买这些产品，房价下跌导致债权人的基金被冻结。

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The only other way to bankrupt the firm would be for creditors to call in loans, which Yukos cannot repay because its assets have been frozen by a court.

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