Investment Banks have long played a part in the financial system.

长久以来，投资银行一直在金融系统中起作用。

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Even though Bear is not a fully regulated institution, the investment bank was deemed too central to the complex web of America's financial system to be allowed to fail.

尽管贝尔斯登不是一个被完全规管的机构，但在美国金融体系错综复杂的网络中，投资银行的地位太核心，因此绝对不容许倒下。

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And there's only one viable and liquid investment that enables a person to pull his or her wealth out of the financial system: gold.

只有一种可行的短期投资可以使人们将其财富从金融体系中分离出来，那就是黄金。

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By acting as a channel through which savings can finance investment, the financial system helps to spur growth.

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The fear is that this might lead to higher inflation, and that the government's demand for funds will push up interest rates, crowd out private investment, weaken the financial system and leave the economy vulnerable if hit by a big macroeconomic shock.

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Or will the financial system get better at channelling investment funds to growing firms?

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