In the short term such measures may further damp the supply of credit to economies that sorely need it.

短期内这种措施可以进一步控制强烈需要信贷的经济体的信贷供应。

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His greatest triumph, the resuscitation of Japan's Long Term Credit Bank, renamed Shinsei, netted him a 700% return.

日本长期信用银行(Long Term Credit Bank)后更名为Shinsei，令他净获收益700%，这就是他的巨大成功。

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We still intend to use letter of credit as the term of payment.

我们仍然想用信用证付款方式。

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Nor will the reforms require credit-card companies to ensure that their customers understand the long-term cost of the credit they are granted.

ECONOMIST: Deeper in debt

In April, Nippon Credit Bank, the most troubled of the three long-term credit banks, even allowed one of its affiliates, Crown Leasing, to go bust.

ECONOMIST: Why the Japanese disregard risk

The longer-term impact of the credit crunch on lenders' business models is harder to predict (and depends in part on the severity of the housing-market slowdown).

ECONOMIST: Lenders in America and Britain retrench, but for how long?