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Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public. Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else;
Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public. Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else;
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2014-11-24
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Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public. Behind the scenes, they have been taking aim at someone else; the accounting standard-setters. Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous losses, and it’s just not fair. These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay, not the price managers and regulators would like them to fetch.
Unfortunately, banks’ lobbying now seems to be working. The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised. And, unless banks carry toxic assets at prices that attract buyers, reviving the banking system will be difficult.
After a bruising encounter with Congress, America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board(FASB)rushed through rule changes. These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement. Bob Herz,the FASB’s chairman, cried out against those who "question our motives. "Yet bank shares rose and the changes enhance what one lobby group politely calls " the use of judgment by management.
European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board(IASB)do likewise. The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong. Charlie McCreevy, a European commissioner,warned the IASB that it did "not live in a political vacuum" but "in the real word" and that Europe could yet develop different rules.
It was banks that were on the wrong planet,with accounts that vastly overvalued assets. Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets,not the likely extent of bad debts. The truth will not be known for years. But bank’s shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical. And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.
To get the system working again,losses must be recognized and dealt with. America’s new plan to buy up toxic assets will not work unless banks mark assets to levels which buyers find attractive. Successful markets require independent and even combative standard-setters. The FASB and IASB have been exactly that, cleaning up rules on stock options and pensions, for example, against hostility from special interests. But by giving in to critics now they are inviting pressure to make more concessions.
According to the author ,the rule changes of the FASB may result in______.
选项
A、the diminishing role of management
B、the revival of the banking system
C、the banks’ long-term asset losses
D、the weakening of its independence
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。选项A与原文意思相反,diminish与文章中的enhance相矛盾。对于选项B,第二段中讲了银行复苏的条件:“银行如果不以能够吸引买家的价格计量有毒资产,银行系统的复苏将会非常困难。”而本选项说FASB的规则变化会带来复苏,与文章内容不相符。选项C是对第三段第二句的断章取义,应排除。从第三段可知FASB通过了规则变化,第二段首句的意思是“不幸的是,银行的游说活动看来已起作用了”。这就意味着:第一段提到的“银行抱怨规则的不公平”得到重视,规则变化了。所以本题题干问的“the rule changes of the FASB”的结果也就是第二段的第二句。因此选项D“其独立性的削弱”为正确答案。
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考研英语一
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