"Think of it this way: through the new FCL, we are creating contingent liabilities - our insurance policies - and against that, we need contingent assets, and that is what the $500 billion is going to be.

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The balance sheet of a company has two columns; it has assets and it has liabilities.

资产负债表有两栏,资产和负债

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The net worth of the company is their assets minus their liabilities and that represents the value that the company has if they paid off all their liabilities.

公司净资产为,资产减去负债,也表示,公司清偿债务后的价值

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