The banks’ larger Australian parents can always borrow cheaply in the short-term market in Australia, where no comparable rule exists, and pass on the proceeds in the form of longer-term lending.

这些银行中较大的澳大利亚股东可以随时从澳大利亚市场借到短期的低息贷款，在澳大利亚市场，没有类似的规则，因此能以长期贷款的形式获益。

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In addition, regulators have unveiled all sorts of programs to backstop the short-term lending markets, money market funds, bank deposits and bank debt.

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"We consider the informal lending market the most likely short-term time bomb for the Chinese economy, " Dong Tao, Asia economist at Credit Suisse, said in a recent report.

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Credit-market indicators that reflect jitters about short-term lending to banks have been creeping higher for several days.

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