It Started: America’s Bond Market Is Secretly Collapsing
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It's Graham here, and something really strange is happening with America's debt right now.
我是格雷厄姆，现在美国的债务正发生一件非常奇怪的事。
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Starting September 9th, the United States is going to begin Operation Borrowing Ton of Money, where we borrow even more money to pay back our own debt because no one else wants it.
从9月9日开始，美国将启动'借巨款行动'，我们将借更多的钱来偿还我们自己的债务，因为没人愿意接手。
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Again, definitely dramatizing things for the sake of an intro, but the point still remains: in less than a week, we officially double the amount of new money that gets borrowed just to pay back loans made to the U.S. government.
当然，为了开场白我确实有些夸张，但事实是：不到一周的时间，我们为偿还美国政府贷款而借入的新资金量就将正式翻倍。
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And a lot of people are now beginning to worry: what happens when the solution to too much debt is just even more debt?
很多人开始担忧：当解决债务过多的方法就是借更多债时，会发生什么？
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That's why we really gotta discuss exactly what's happening, what this means for the future of our economy, and then most importantly, why Ray Dalio believes this is the point of no return.
这就是为什么我们必须深入讨论正在发生的事情、这对我国经济未来意味着什么，以及最重要的是，为什么雷·达利欧认为这已经到了无法回头的地步。
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