But $350 billion is roughly what the financial sector as a whole earned in an average quarter during the credit boom – and profit levels in recent quarters have reached or exceeded those levels. So, if the entire write-down cost were covered by banks, most of them would lose the equivalent of no more than one year’s profits – spread over several years.
但3 500亿美元大约只是整个金融部门在信贷繁荣期一个季度的利润，而在最近几个季度中，该部门总利润已经回到甚至超过了繁荣期水平。因此，如果全部减记成本都由银行承担，大多数银行充其量也就是损失了不到一年的利润——这样利润此前可是维持了好几年呢。