Despite the crisis, the notional value of credit-default swaps, bedrock of a market for insuring against the risk of default, almost doubled last year, to $62 trillion.

• 尽管发生了次贷危机，信用违约互换的实际价值，这一针对违约风险的保险的市场基石，几乎在去年翻番，达到62万亿美元。