The dollar tends to rise when markets grow nervous because investors cut trades funded with the U. S. currency. Low U. S. interest rates let investors borrow dollars at almost no cost.

在投资者减持手中美债基金之后，美元上涨，目前美元借债近乎无息状态。

America has a unique ability to borrow from foreigners in its own currency, and wins when the dollar depreciates, since its assets are mainly in foreign currency and its liabilities in dollars.

美国可以从外国借回自己的货币，可以在美元贬值时从中获利，因为它的资产主要是外国货币，它的责任在美元上。

In particular, the strong market for the dollar allows Americans to borrow at better rates.

特别是，强劲的美元市场允许美国人以较好的利率借债。

So instead of placing a $100 bet and making a dollar, you borrow a million dollars, make lots of bets on lots of teams, and make $20,000.

所以你不用放进去100美元而只挣1美元，你借100万美元，对不同的篮球队下许多赌注，可以挣20,000美元。

Leverage meant debt, specifically the number of dollars you could borrow for every dollar of wealth you had.

“金融杠杆”意味着债务，具体来说就是以你所拥有的财富做抵押，可贷款的数额。

Because so many investors want to hold Treasurys and the dollar, the U. S. can get away with a slight credit-rating downgrade without having to pay more to borrow.

由于有那么多的投资者想要持有美国国债和美元，美国可以躲过信用评级略微下调产生的不利后果，不必因此而增加借贷成本。

So was the speculative activities, borrow (equal to sell, here) JPY and US Dollar, currencies with lower interests (lower or least cost), to buy everything.

由此产生的投机行为是：借入(等同于卖出)日元、美元这些低息货币，然后买任何东西。

Indeed, Tuesday's dollar drop came on a day when the cost to borrow the u.

事实上，就在美元汇率周二下跌之际，美元的长期借贷成本也降至新低。

May I borrow a dollar?

可以借我一元美金吗？