That lowers the prices of securities, which puts further strain on balance sheets leading to further sales.

这会降低股票价格，而使我们的资产负债表更加吃紧，从而引导了进一步的销售。

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Asset sales need buyers, however, and slimming balance-sheets takes time.

资产变卖需要买家，然而，为资产负债表瘦身也需要时间。

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The announcements regarding share sales come as U. S. financial institutions face renewed pressure to raise capital to shore up their balance sheets.

美国运通这一新的表态，是在美国金融机构面临新一轮筹集资本以平衡资产负债表的巨大压力之下做出的。

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The rate cut may also have created an environment in which troubled firms can undertake the asset sales that are needed to strengthen their balance sheets.

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With sales way up, the company expanded into fertilizers, plastic sheets, food processing and solar water heaters.

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This capital shortfall has already prompted asset sales by banks, which would rather shrink their balance-sheets than tap shareholders.

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