"When Banks can't find yielding assets and their book is shrinking, the cash flow on their book is shrinking," said Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics.

“如果银行无法找到有投资收益的资产，他们的账本就要缩水，账本上的现金流也会减少，”机构风险分析公司的瓦伦热认为。

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Sometimes, however, says Christopher Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics, “the waves in the ocean are so big that it does not matter how big the boat is.”

机构风险分析公司的Christopher Whalen说，但是，海上的风浪太大，船再大也无济于事。

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Christopher Whalen, a managing partner at Institutional Risk Analytics, said that Mr. Paulson needed to justify why a wider bailout was in the national interest.

机构风险分析公司执业业务股东克里斯托弗·瓦伦说道，保尔森先生需要证实为什么这样一个广泛的救援计划是符合国家利益的。

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"When the probability of default goes to zero, default is guaranteed, " observes Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics.

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Some, including Christopher Whalen, a managing director at Institutional Risk Analytics and a former staffer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, say Citi's problems are so enormous they will require massive government intervention.

FORBES: The Big Banks