2009-3-4 瑞典推出银行救助计划.docVIP

Sweden, which created a model for rescuing troubled financial systems in the early 1990s, became the latest European economy to introduce a sweeping bailout plan to support its banks. 在眼下这波针对欧洲银行业的大规模救助行动中，曾在九十年代初创造了一套金融系统救助模式的瑞典成为最新一个采取行动的欧洲经济体。 ? ? Under the Swedish plan, the state could guarantee some $200 billion in bank debt -- half the nations gross domestic product. It also will create a facility to inject capital into banks that get into trouble. Finance Minister Anders Borg said in an interview that he expects all of Swedens banks to take advantage of the guarantee, though bankers said it was too early to say what they would do. 根据瑞典的计划，政府将为2,000亿美元的银行债务提供担保，这个数字相当于瑞典国内生产总值的一半。它还将设立一个专门机构，处理向问题银行注资事宜。瑞典财政大臣安德斯?伯格(Anders Borg)在接受采访时说，他预计瑞典所有银行都将受益于担保计划，不过银行界人士表示，现在就表态他们会做何行动还为时尚早。 ? ? Mr. Borg and other Swedish officials said the measures aimed to restore confidence, and werent a reflection that any institution was in immediate peril. There was also an element of peer pressure, the officials said; they didnt want to leave the Swedish banks without government support while competitors in other nations accepted helping hands. 伯格和其他瑞典官员说，救助计划的目标是恢复市场信心，它并不说明有任何机构已出现危急情况。官员们表示，出台该计划也有受到同行压力的因素；在其他国家的银行接受救助的时候，他们不希望让瑞典的银行处于没有政府支持的状态。 ? ? Everybody should be doing this, said Mr. Borg, urging other countries to stand behind banks because the more they did so, the more credible Europes determination to stanch the financial crisis would be. 伯格说，每个人都应这么做。他敦促其他国家向银行业伸出援手，因为在这方面做得越多，欧洲在缓解金融危机方面的决心就越可信。 ? ? Around Europe, signs of the crisis continued. In Germany, the government hammered out details of a 500 billion euros ($665.8 billion) bailout plan approved Friday. The package, aimed at lifting interbank lending, earmarks 400 billion euros for guarantees on securities held by German banks. An additional 80 billion euros is being set aside for capital injections -- no more than 10 billion euros to any one bank -- and 20 billion euros for potential losse