Although wonks are betting on a recession, many punters still hope one can be avoided.

尽管书呆子们押注于经济衰退，但许多投者仍希望经济衰退能够避免。

Yeah. You know what happens to speculators?

是的。你知道投者会怎么样吗？

For those speculators, what matters is whether they can make money as soon and much as possible.

对于这些投者来说，最重要的是他们是否能在最快的时间，获得最多的利益。

If the exchange rate were liberalised, they would push it up further, hurting exports and depressing demand.

如果开放汇率，投者会进一步推高元，损害出口，抑制需求。

So I think that there might be speculators around that

所我认为可能会有投者。

Joe Lewis made the bulk of his fortune as a currency speculator in the 1980s and early 90s.

在2080代和90代初，乔·刘易斯作为一名货币投者赚取了他的大部分财富。

The Land Companies, Speculators, and Western Land Tenure.

土地公司、投者和西部土地使用权。

He was a speculator in human flesh —a disreputable calling—and so considered at the South.

他是一个人肉的投者——一个声名狼藉的职业——在南方也被这么看重。

But speculators now have a number of ways to gain exposure.

但投者如今有多种方式来获得投资会。

Shouldn't speculators who picked up cheap debt in secondary markets be paid less?

在二级市场获得廉价债务的投者难道不应该得到更少的报酬吗？

Easy credit has also attracted speculators, and inspired people to look for holiday homes.

宽松的信贷也吸引了投者，并激发人们寻找度假屋。

Prices may still rise a bit this year, as speculators seek to snap up bargains.

由于投者寻求逢低吸纳，今价格可能仍会略有上涨。

Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise.

投者可能不会像泡沫一样伤害源源不断的企业。

It was the rational, cold disdain of a Southerner and a speculator.

这是南方人和投者的理性、冷漠的蔑视。

The country's central bankers also fret when the currency moves rapidly, and are loth to give speculators influence over monetary policy.

当日元汇率快速波动时，日本的央行官员也会感到担忧，不愿让投者对货币政策施加影响。

Accordingly, I have directed the Secretary of the Treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators.

因此，我已指示财政部长采取必要行动，保护美元免受投者的冲击。

If it were obvious that the banks were deeply undervalued, speculators would be buying them now and driving up their prices.

如果银行价值真的被低估的话那投者们现在就应大举买入银行股票并抬高价格。

Brokers and shadow banks were lending freely to retail speculators.

经公司和影子银行向散户投者大量放贷。

Vice-chancellors, property speculators and university administrators have continued to amass a good fortune thereby.

副校长、房地产投者和大学行政人员因此继续积累了巨额财富。

Speculators can bet on the outcome of the election by investing money accordingly.

投者可通过投资相应资金来押注选举结果。