At some point they will have to tighten their belts and start paying down their debts, or Banks will have to write them off at a loss-with grim consequences for growth in either case.

到了一定程度，它们将不得不勒紧腰带，开始降低债务，而银行也将不得不把这些贷款作为损失加以减记——这两种情况都会对增长造成严重的影响。

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Last week,Dubai's largest investment company called for a six-month delay in paying some of its debts.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Some had been put in prison for not paying their debts.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Some of it is going on useful things like roads and schools and paying off debts, some gets recycled, flowing back to energy-thirsty countries in the form of higher demand for their goods.

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Some 90% of listed firms are technically insolvent and virtually all have stopped paying their debts.

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