A carpenter sent Volcker a plank of wood in the post—a symbol that lumber was unneeded since no one was buying houses.
一位木匠邮寄给沃尔克一块木板——这象征着木材不再需要,因为没有人买房。
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Also, the Volcker rule, which bans proprietary trading, they're looking at strengthening that to prohibit banks from being able to make these kinds of risky bets with their own money.
此外,禁止自营交易的沃尔克规则,他们正在考虑加强这一规则,以禁止银行用自己的钱进行此类风险押注。
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More cheerful types, chief among them Joe Biden, America's president, point to an impressively resilient economy and a labour market that is booming despite the swiftest series of interest-rate rises since Volcker's era.