的确，这场金融危机在最近几周已经恶化了。 这表现在美联储接管半官方的房屋贷款公司房利美和房地美—这可能会让美国的纳税人们付出数百亿美金的代价—和雷曼兄弟公司的破产及美林证券的出售。
Indeed, the financial crisis has worsened in recent weeks, reflected in the US Federal Reserve’s takeover of quasi-government mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which may cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars – as well as the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch.