Readers who enjoy arithmetic can now answer a further question: what proportion of the federal debt is owed to foreigners?

喜欢算术的读者现在能回答一个进一步的问题：外国持有的联邦债务比例是多少？

The Vickers answer is to get Banks also to hold thick layers of "bail-in" debt that will impose losses on private creditors of a failing institution before taxpayers are called into action.

维克斯的回答是，在纳税人被迫参与营救前，让正在走下坡路的机构持有丰厚的纾困债券，以应对私有债权人的损失。

Is the worst of Europe's debt crisis over? Or is there more pain coming? Markets aren't giving a straight answer.

欧洲债务危机是否已度过最糟糕阶段？未来还会出现更为严峻的考验吗？市场没有给出直接答案。