Even though the regulation of these standards was the primary responsibility of the Federal Reserve, Bair authorized her staff to purchase a large industry database to confirm their suspicions.

尽管这些标准的制定是美联储的主要责任，拜尔仍授权下属购买了一个大型产业数据库，以证实他们的怀疑。

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Dollars are the world's primary reserve currency, and Treasuries are the world's preferred "risk-free" asset.

美元是世界的主要储备货币，国债也是直接普遍选择的“零风险”资产。

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Earlier this year America's Federal Reserve notified primary dealers that they would have to bid in auctions for a share of issuance that was in proportion to their size and number.

今年早些时候，美联储通知主交易商，它们必须在标售中出价购买一定份额的债券，份额大小与各银行规模和数量成比例。

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One venerable MMF, the Reserve Primary Fund, was in 2008 in the unenviable position of having bet unwisely on the solvency of Lehman Brothers.

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Reserve Primary, launched in 1970, was the country's first money-market fund.

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Investors have been exiting money funds since 2008, in part because of the Reserve Primary panic and in part because returns have plummeted along with short-term interest rates.

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