Japanese Banks posted aggregatelosses for ten consecutive years from 1993, and after a brief return to profitability they slumped back into losses in 2008.
What are the aggregate acceptable losses over a period of time such as one year?
一段时间内,比如一年内,可控亏损的总额是多少?
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The happy secret of Western banking is that the system in aggregate now has lots of capital (see chart) relative to the net losses experienced over the crisis.