英语翻译these data suggesting that new equity capital is only a

英语翻译
these data suggesting that new equity capital
is only a minor source of financing to american
business are consistent with recent evidence
showing that in an average year (这些数据表明
新股本只是一个次要的融资来源对美国经济是一致的
最近的证据显示,平均每年)
only about 5 percent of publicly traded
companies in the united states sell additional
common stock(只有大约5%的上市公司在美国出售更多
的普通股)
this means that a typical publicly traded
company raises new equity capital only once
every 20 years?(这意味着,一个典型的公开交易公司
提出了新的股本每20年只有一次吗?)
like the statistician who drowned crossing a
stream because he had heard it was only five
feet deep on average (像统计穿越流溺水身亡,因为
他听说那是只有五英尺深的平均)
we need to remember that the equity figures
presented are the net result of new issues arid
retirements(我们必须记住:股票数据提交最终结果的
新问题和退休)
figure 4-5 shows the gross proceeds from new
common stock sales for U.S.companies from
1970 to 1998(图4 - 5指明毛收入新普通股销售的美
国公司从1970年到1998年)
the 28-year average was 48.5$ billion,and the
high was $126.8 billion in1998 (28年的平均是
48.5美元,至高的是1268亿美元,而年)
to put these numbers in perspective,gross
perceeds from new stock issues equaled 10
percent of total corporate sources of capital
in 1997(把这些数字来看,总perceeds新发行股票公司
来源相等总数的10%的资金于1997年)

these data suggesting that new equity capital is only a minor source of financing to american
business are consistent with recent evidence showing that in an average year only about 5 percent of publicly traded companies in the united states sell additional common stock
前面的这些数据表明 美国每年只有5% 新增资本流入 公开的股票证卷市场.并不属于主要融资手法.
this means that a typical publicly traded company raises new equity capital only once
every 20 years?
难道这意味着, 一家上市公司需要20年才能在市场上 引资 1倍（中文叫融资）
like the statistician who drowned crossing a stream because he had heard it was only five
feet deep on average （这句话特别点出 average字眼,是联系上面那个每年average 5%融资比例）像一个统计学家 过一条小溪 时溺水,因为他统计过这条小溪 “平均只有5尺深”
we need to remember that the equity figures presented are the net result of new issues and
retirements 请记住 股票流动资金数据 是由2个方面组合成的：新发行和 （退休基金 或 企业自己回购股票比例,该翻译要看这段文章是学术性还是金融机构的研究分析）
figure 4-5 shows the gross proceeds from new common stock sales for U.S. companies from
1970 to 1998
图4 - 5 ,表明 1970-1998年间的新股净销售 的净收益值
the 28-year average was 48.5$ billion,and the high was $126.8 billion in 1998
28年的平均值 为485亿美元, 而单一年（1998) 最高值1268亿美元
to put these numbers in perspective,gross 《不是perceeds》《proceeds》 from new stock issues equaled 10 percent of total corporate sources of capital in 1997
分析以上 数据 得出 ：在1997年 企业 由新股发行融资 所得的净收益 等同企业总资金流的10%