Because the deal was being recorded as a sale, the collateral disappeared from Lehman's balance-sheet and the bank used the cash it generated to pay down debt.

因为这项交易会被记录成一项出售，于是抵押品从雷曼的资产负债表中消失，雷曼从而可以用获取的现金偿还债务。

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This means that investors believe the average bank is worth no more than the value of its balance sheet.

这说明投资者认为，这些银行的平均价值并不高于其账面价值。

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Although the bank has just cut its dividend it still views its balance sheet as a "fortress", and the safest European Banks have similar ratios.

虽然各银行已经削减股利支付，但是他们仍然将资产负债表视作一个“堡垒”，同时最安全的欧洲各银行也处于类似的水平。

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So, it really is -it really ought to be on the bank's balance sheet and it ought to be regulated by the bank regulators, but there was a failure to do that and that is the problem that we are in currently.

所以说,它确实该...,它应该反映在银行的资产负债表上,同时接受银行监管体系的管理,但这却没能实现,这就是我们目前面临的问题

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Writing a loan down, on the other hand, means that it stays on the bank's balance sheet at a reduced but perhaps still inflated value, and the collateral backing the loan is not sold.

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