debt ceiling

1. The farcical debate on the debt ceiling temporarily distracted traders from the slow-motion sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
   欧洲的主权债务危机发展缓慢，投资者的注意力被美国债务上限谈判的闹剧所打断。
2. An outline of the deal would raise the debt ceiling by$ 2.4 trillion in two stages.
   提案将分两个阶段将美国债务上限总计提高2.4万亿美元。
3. Remember how everyone said the debt ceiling standoff back in the summer of 2011 was such a disaster?
   还记得吗，2011年夏天的时候，所有人都在说债务上限僵局是一场灾难？
4. Some in Congress would like to see a higher debt ceiling as part of negotiations.
   作为磋商的一部分，国会中的一些人会很高兴看到一个更高的债务限额。
5. The debt ceiling is a borrowing limit passed by Congress in 1917 to fund the war effort.
   债务最高限额是一种借款限额，1917年由美国国会立法通过，来为一战提供资金。
6. But the US currency has emerged as the biggest victim of the drama in Washington over the debt ceiling.
   但美元现已成为了华盛顿债务上限闹剧的最大受害者。
7. First, increase the debt ceiling.
   第一种是债务上限得到提高。
8. Understand –-raising the debt ceiling does not allow Congress to spend more money.
   需要澄清的是，提高国债上限并不是允许国会花更多的钱。
9. When offered a debt ceiling package with defence cuts, the Republican leadership signed on the dotted line.
   当一份包含削减防务支出的提高债务上限方案摆在面前时，美国共和党领导人在上面签下了大名。
10. Thus, an apparently benign market environment can darken quite suddenly as a country approaches its debt ceiling.
    因此，当一个国家即将碰到“债务天花板”时，貌似良好的市场环境可能会骤然变得暗无天色。
11. We've been talking about some of the economic debates involving President Obama and Congress: federal budgets, deficits, the debt ceiling.
    我们一直在谈论一些涉及奥巴马总统和国会的经济辩论：联邦预算、赤字和债务上限。
12. Last year a fight over the federal debt ceiling placed the US recovery at entirely unnecessary risk.
    去年，有关联邦债务上限的争吵曾令美国经济复苏面临完全没有必要的风险。
13. The debt ceiling crisis and the agreement that ended it point to deep dysfunction in our system.
    债务上限危机以及缓解危机的协议，都表明我们（美国）的体系存在着严重的功能性障碍。
14. Banks are also holding more cash and US corporations are postponing decisions due to uncertainty about where to invest cash amid fears that a failure to raise the debt ceiling would trigger a credit rating downgrade and possible default.
    由于担忧无法提升债务上限可能引发信用评级降低，并可能造成违约，银行也提高了持有现金的水平。同时美国企业也推迟了投资决策，原因在于有关现金投资去处的不确定性。
15. First of all, a six-month extension of the debt ceiling might not be enough to avoid a credit downgrade and the higher interest rates that all Americans would have to pay as a result.
    首先，延长债务上限6个月可能不足以避免信用降级和所有的美国人因此将不得不支付的较高利率。
16. Legislation to raise the debt ceiling now seems likely, giving the government headroom to operate until 2013.
    通过提高债务上限的立法现在看起来是可能的，它将让美国政府获得在2013年前继续运转下去的空间。
17. It must raise the debt ceiling to enable continued national borrowing and avoid a catastrophic default.
    美国国会必须提高债务上限，以便使政府能够继续举债，避免灾难性的违约。
18. The government has reached its legal debt ceiling of$ 14.3 trillion.
    联邦政府已经达到14.3万亿美元的法定借债上限。
19. More recently, with US politicians haggling over the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling, rating agencies have been warning of fresh downgrades.
    最近，随着美国政界围绕财政悬崖和债务上限问题争论不休，评级机构一直在警告称，将再次调降美国的信用评级。
20. The two parties also disagree on the time and quantum of raising the debt ceiling.
    两党还在提高债务最高限额的时间和额度上意见相左。
21. Congress has now voted to extend the US debt ceiling and undertake major deficit reduction.
    如今，美国国会通过投票表决，同意提高美国债务上限并大幅削减赤字。
22. US money market funds are stockpiling cash in case Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, distorting the short-term market for US government debt and raising borrowing costs for banks and other financial institutions.
    为了应对美国国会未能提高债务上限的情况，美国的货币市场基金正在大量筹集现金。这扭曲了美国政府债务的短期市场表现，提高了银行和其他金融机构的举债成本。
23. Will this farce recur every time the debt ceiling needs raising?
    每次需要提高债务上限的时候，都会上演这种闹剧吗？
24. Mr Obama also made his most forceful argument to date in support of tax increases on wealthy Americans and the oil industry as part of a deal to reduce the deficit and raise the debt ceiling.
    奥巴马还以迄今为止最有力的措辞，支持对美国富人和石油行业增税，作为减少赤字和提高债务上限方案的一部分。
25. To complicate things further, the federal government will once again be up against its debt ceiling.
    更糟糕的是，美国联邦政府将再次面临债务上限问题。
26. On a hot summer day in Glyndon, Maryland, the debt ceiling debate in Washington seems far away.
    在马里兰州Glyndon一个炎热的夏日，华盛顿的债务限额之争似乎离他们很遥远。
27. The House of Representatives may pose the greatest challenge to raising the debt ceiling.
    国会众议院可能对提高债务上限构成最大的挑战。
28. The debate about the US debt ceiling and its likely consequences highlights the dilemma.
    围绕美国债务上限及其后果的辩论就突显了这一两难问题。
29. The markets 'response to the debt ceiling showdown in Washington has so far been muted.
    对于华盛顿正在上演的美国债务上限摊牌，市场反应迄今是低调的。

noun

1. the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity

   Synonym:    debt limit