‘빚을 지나치게 끌어다 쓴 투자자들이 빚을 갚으려고 건전한 자산마저 팔아치워야 하는 때’, 곧 금융위기의 시발점이란 뜻이었다.
This meant the beginning of the financial crisis, when investors who used too much debt had to sell off their healthy assets to pay off their debts.