Many Banks have argued that this is unfair, as those same assets will recover their value in the long term, and marking them down has, they claim, contributed to the current crisis of confidence.

很多银行争辩说这样不公平，因为同样的资产过一段时间以后会恢复其价值，他们声称降低这些资产的价值能为当前的信心危机做出贡献。

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Restricted movement of goods and people, loss of work and income, depletion of resources and assets, and exhaustion of coping strategies have all contributed to food insecurity.

人员和物品的流动受限、工作和收入的丧失、资源和资产的大量减少、应对战略的耗亟，所有这些均加剧了粮食不安全。

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Still, the fed seems to have contributed to the booming demand for housing and other assets by keeping the federal funds rate artificially low during the boom years of 2003-05.

然而，美联储由于在2003至2005年的快速繁荣时期保持了较低的联邦基金利率，这看上去像是导致人们对住房和其它资产需求暴增的原因。

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In North America, Apache focuses its operations in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, and the Permian region, where assets contributed 48% of production 70% of estimated proved reserves.

FORBES: In Top-Performing Energy Sector, Apache Stands Out In Solid Production and Profits

Until recently, these policies also contributed to the appreciation of assets owned by this small segment of our population.

FORBES: Economically Responsible Budget Parameters

And it seems likely that large capital inflows contributed to the overvaluation of Western assets.

ECONOMIST: The flows are neither as big nor as scary as they once seemed