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As some larger banks become confident enough to repay funds from the government's troubled asset relief programme, the Treasury will recycle that money into smaller banks with under $500m (€366m, £329m) in assets, Mr Geithner said. They will have six more months to apply for funds and the Treasury will also increase the amount of money they can access from 3 per cent of risk-weighted assets to 5 per cent.
盖特纳表示，随着一些较大型银行变得足够自信，开始偿还政府“问题资产救助计划”(Tarp)所提供的资金，财政部将会重复利用这些资金，把它们投入到资 产不足5亿美元的较小的银行中。它们将有另外6个月时间来申请资金，财政部还会将它们所能获得的资金量，从占风险加权资产的3%提高到5%。





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Today's Papers: Barack The Knife

大刀 Obamas

WHITE HOUSE MEMO
With Spending Set, at Least for Now, the Knives Come Out
By JACKIE CALMES
President Obama used a “fiscal responsibility summit” to promise he would make tough decisions to move the nation’s balance sheet back toward balance.



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By DANIEL J. WAKIN
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knives come out 指拿出刀子 要嚴格執行預算之平衡
balance sheet 資產負債表
balance平衡







stab

verb -bb-

1 [T] to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife:

She was stabbed several times in the chest.

He was jailed for fifteen years for stabbing his wife to death.



2 [I or T] to make a short forceful pushing movement with a finger or a long thin object:

As she spoke she stabbed the air with her finger.

He stabbed at the meat with his fork.



stab

noun [C]

1 the act of pushing a knife into someone, or a wound caused by stabbing:

He was admitted to Middlesex hospital with stab wounds.



2 a sudden feeling, especially an unpleasant one such as pain:

She felt a stab of envy when she saw all the expensive presents Zoe had been given for Christmas.



3 an action or remark that attacks someone's reputation:

Her criticism of the company's plans was a stab at the chairman himself.



stabbing

noun [C]

when someone stabs someone:

There have been several stabbings in our neighbourhood recently.



stabbing

adjective

stabbing pain a sudden pain:

She was awoken by a sharp stabbing pain in her chest.




you could cut the atmosphere with a knife

used to describe a situation in which everyone is feeling very angry or nervous and you feel that something unpleasant could soon happen




risk-weighted assets

In terms of the minimum amount of capital that is required within banks and other institutions, based on a percentage of the assets, weighted by risk.
Investopedia Says:
The idea of risk-weighted assets is a move away from having a static requirement for capital. Instead, it is based on the riskiness of a bank's assets. For example, loans that are secured by