Q: First, New Zealand called for more grants from China to Pacific island countries, saying that China's "soft loans" may cast relevant countries into a debt crisis once the interest-free period ends.

问：第一，据报道，新西兰方面日前称，中国向太平洋岛国提供的“软贷款”在免息期结束后可能使有关国家面临债务挑战，希中国能提供更多无偿援助。

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If you had been about to buy senior bank debt, it meant that you would think twice. If, like the car industry, you wanted a soft loan, you were encouraged to press your case.

如果你曾差点购入银行高级负债的话，上述情况意味着你需要三思而后行；而如果你希望像汽车行业一样获得软贷款的话，上述情况则会激励你就此问题施加压力。

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The low failure rate was interpreted by some as proof that the tests had been too soft, but disclosure of sovereign-debt exposure reassured others.

一些人认为，这种低的不格率证明了此项压力测试过于温和，然而主权债务风险的披露却让另一些人重拾信心。

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Fifth, they cannot be seen as taking a biased approach to sovereign debt risks, a hard stance on Europe (downgrading the one country after another) and a soft on the US. Already, a number of European countries are pushing for the creation of European credit agencies that would threaten the credit agency oligopoly.

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Analysts also said gold is underpinned by ongoing European debt issues, a continuation of central-bank buying after Bank of Korea purchases, plus still-soft U.S. economic data that means continued loose monetary policy and perhaps even more stimulus.

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