Under certain circumstances, the speculative activities of the institutional investors are a direct force to cause the financial crisis in a country.

在特定的情形下，机构投资者的投机行为会是造成一个国家金融危机的直接推动力。

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So was the speculative activities, borrow (equal to sell, here) JPY and US Dollar, currencies with lower interests (lower or least cost), to buy everything.

由此产生的投机行为是：借入(等同于卖出)日元、美元这些低息货币，然后买任何东西。

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As the boom of commodity prices and profits are good, a lot of credit to be used for speculative activities of speculators, the credit expansion greatly exceeds production growth.

由于工业繁荣时期商品价格上涨和利润优厚，大量信贷被投机者用来从事投机活动，信用膨胀大大超过生产的增长。

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We could be underestimating this as speculative activities were largely not present in 1990-91.

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"As long as the housing shortage persists, we have no alternative but to restrict external demand and curb speculative activities, " he said.

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The Vickers plan, based on the Independent Commission on Banking report led by Sir John Vickers, is designed to keep saver and business deposits from being compromised by the more speculative activities typically undertaken by investment banking operations.

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