Royal bank of Scotland reckons that foreign Banks own about euro1 trillion of the sovereign debt of Greece, Portugal and Spain.

苏格兰皇家银行认为，外资银行持有约1万亿欧元的希腊、葡萄牙和西班牙主权债务。

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According to the bank for International Settlements, public-sector bonds account for only about 15% of European Banks' exposure to Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.

根据国际结算银行，公共部门债券只仅仅占到了欧洲银行对希腊，爱尔兰，葡萄牙和西班牙的15%。

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In Europe, Tier 1 ratios were distorted because bank regulators decided that sovereign debt (the bonds of countries including Greece and Portugal) should be considered risk-free.

在欧洲，由于银行高管认定主权债务(包括希腊和葡萄牙在内的国家的债券)没有风险，一级资本充足率便被扭曲了。

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The Bank of Portugal warned on Tuesday that the country might need substantial new austerity measures to ensure it can meet budget reduction targets.

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On joining the euro, the central-bank governor promised (with disarming modesty) that the position of Portugal inside the single currency would be like Mississippi's in the United States: imbalances that led to an IMF bail-out in 1977 and again in 1983 would be a thing of the past.

ECONOMIST: Portugal and the euro

Over the past few years Isabel dos Santos, the oldest daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, has been buying more shares of publicly traded companies in Portugal, including shares in a bank and a cable TV company.

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