The survival of " zombie" companies may make the next recovery less vigorous.
“僵尸”公司的存活可能会使之后的经济复苏缺乏活力。
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They are zombie companies, much like those wafting through Japan in the 1990s.
这就是僵尸企业,很像二十世纪九十年代日本企业遭遇的情况。
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You know, I have had nightmares about zombie companies.
你知道,我曾做过关于僵尸公司的噩梦。
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China is aiming to shut down so-called zombie companies that over produce, such as the coal and steel industries, while upgrading the country's manufacturing sector.
随着中国制造业升级,中国计划通过兼并重组解决煤炭及钢铁行业等中的僵尸企业问题。
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For example, he gives short shrift to the idea that loose monetary policy prolongs the lives of " zombie companies" whose capital would otherwise be reallocated to more productive endeavours.
But isn't that also good for the economy, too, that we're betting on businesses that actually have some substance to them rather than like zombie companies that just live off cheap debt?
"Zombie company" is a media term for a company that needs bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the capital.