toxic assets

基本解释

There are not so many toxic assets on the banks' books in Canada.
在加拿大，银行账面资本中没有那么多的有毒资产。
But Lehman could not — despite what Mr. Paulson described as personal pleas to other firms to buy some of Lehman’s toxic assets and efforts to persuade another bank to acquire Lehman.
但是雷曼已不具备这样的能力——尽管保尔森说，他曾亲自请求其他公司购买一部分雷曼的不良资产，并且努力劝说另一家银行收购雷曼。
So, suggest the radicals, toxic assets should have been left with the shareholders and uninsured creditors of the old bank , who would also gain a claim on a clean new bank.
因此，那些激进分子建议，应该把有毒资产抛给老银行的股东以及未投保的债权人，他们也应当还大家一个新的清洁银行了。

Geithner said government and private investors will work together to purchase bad loans from banks, so-called "toxic assets", so the banks can resume lending and get the economy going again.
Mr.Fillon expressed confidence in U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's newest initiative to help stabilize the banking system by providing guarantees and low-interest loans to investors willing to purchase toxic assets from banks.
Many banks have been reluctant to loan money because they are unsure if they will need their cash reserves to cover the cost of billions of dollars in questionable loans, which are frequently referred to as toxic assets.

But this is happening to firms that hold the toxic assets that have paralyzed our system.
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