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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #35281 Medium America's Treasury
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When  the  time  comes,  its  peers  should  follow  suit.  Of  these,  the  European  Central  Bank  faces  the  trickiest  ,  because  it  has  acted  as,  in  effect,  the  backstop  to  euro-zone  bond  markets,  a    that  otherwise  the  currency  bloc  still  lacks.  But  the  main  safety  valve  lies  elsewhere,  with  banks  and  investors.  Bitter  experience  has  shown  that  debt-funded  assets  can    losses,  causing  financial  crises.  For  this  reason  banks  must  be  able  to  withstand  any  reversal  of  today's  high  asset  prices  and  low  defaults.  That  means  raising  bank  capital  in  places  where  it  is  too  low,    the  euro  zone,  and  not  backsliding  on  strenuous  stress  tests  as  America's  Treasury  proposes.  In  the  end,  however,  there  may  be  no  escape  for  investors  from  the  low  future  returns  and  even  losses  that  high  asset  prices  imply.  They  and    should  take  a  leaf  out  of  The    investor."

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