But a funny thing happened on the way back to a sound banking system: last week both Citi and BofA announced losses in the third quarter. What happened?

• 然而，在重返良好银行体系的道路上，滑稽的事情发生了：上周，花旗和美洲银行双双宣布三季度亏损。这到底是怎么回事？