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But that word "delevering" - it throws up the real problem sparked by declining asset prices: the gap between what they're now worth, and how much money was borrowed to buy them.

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We've seen a lot of that in the past six-to-12-to-18 months - the global economy is delevering, which is a corollary to deflation.

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Some funds have been delevering, while others have been slowly replacing preferred leverage with alternatives.

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"When they see opportunities, they'll have to come back to the market to raise more equity to continue delevering and to be able to go out and start to acquire stuff," Green Street Advisors analyst Michael Knott said.

Vornado's D.C. Connection Aids Results 2009

"We are still delevering with the largest margin call we've ever seen," said Robert Moore, managing director of institutional equity trading for Concept Capital.

Banks Sink Stocks Again 2009

That is why businesses are delevering and banks are reluctant to lend.

Alan Schram: Saving the Banks 2009

That is why businesses are delevering and banks are loath to lend.

Alan Schram: Low Interest Rates are Bonanza to the Banks 2009

Bond king Bill Gross said in his latest monthly missive that it's easy to end "this deflationary delevering and mini-depression" -- stop the ongoing decline in asset prices.

Gross: No Recovery Until Asset Prices Bottom 2009

The future, he predicts, will consist of a new reality dependent upon bear-market delevering and debt liquidation.

Pimco's Gross Sees More Regulation 2009

Pimco bond-fund manager Bill Gross said the global economy is on its way to a new normal as delevering, deglobalization, and re-regulation take hold in the wake of the global financial turmoil.

Treasurys Rally as Stocks Fall 2009