interest rates

Economists, they thought, were people who talked about whether interest rates would go up or down even though they did not know.

在他们的心目中，经济学家是那些尽管不知道答案、却在那里讨论利率是升是降的人。

Britain, at least, was able to tailor its interest rates to local conditions, but not by enough to prevent a housing bubble.

至少英国还能根据本土情况定制利率，但这仍不足以防止房市泡沫。

In a free market, interest rates, like the price of any other consumer good, are decentralized and set by the market.

在一个自由市场里，银行利率，像所有其它消费品的价格一样，应该由各家银行自己决定，由市场决定。

Using exchange and interest rates as well as the bank reserve requirement ratio to ensure liquidity in the banking system.

运用汇率、利率及银行准备金率确保银行系统的流动性。

The combination of an increased demand for real money and a decreased supply of real money pushed interest rates up to 15percent a year.

对真正的钱增加的要求和一个真正钱的被减少的补给组合推动了达到年15%的利率。

The Fed is now trying to push down long-term interest rates by buying mortgage-backed and perhaps Treasury securities.

美联储正试图通过购买按揭债券或者再加上国债，来推低长期利率。

The risk of slowing growth in response to a US slowdown strongly suggests that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates unchanged.

美国经济的滑坡导致日本经济增长放缓的风险表明日本银行将继续维持现有利率水平。

They have no desire to put their money in a bank when real interest rates on deposits are negative.

在实际存款利率为负值之际，他们无意把钱存入银行。

Interest rates are expected to stay very low for longer than many thought possible just a few months ago.

预计利率将在很长一段时间内保持极低水平，这个时间可能比几个月前许多人所预期的还要长。

One reason to think not is that the central bank has not been able to raise interest rates anything like as quickly as it would like.

有人认为不会改变，一个原因是中央银行不会按照利率应该变化的速度来提高利率。

as it reflects the bank's response to the changing economic environment in general and to the sensitivity of interest rates in particular.

反映了银行对总的经济环境变化，特别是对利率变化敏感性的反应。

But now, to moderate that growth, Beijing is trying to tighten credit by restraining bank lending and by raising interest rates.

然而现在为控制那样的畸形发展，中国政府正试图通过限制银行贷款和提高利率的方式实施紧缩信贷政策。

Gold's rapid rising, to a great extent is result of US dollar's negative interest rates. coupled with inflation, gold have to rise.

黄金快速的上涨，很大一部分原因是美元的负利率导致的。再加上通胀，黄金不能不涨。不过，黄金接下来要怎么走还需要看美联储的货币政策变化。

The Bank of Spain watched the build-up of a real-estate bubble without being able to raise interest rates.

西班牙央行眼睁睁地看着本国房地产泡沫越吹越大，却无法上调利率。

In 2003, as a Fed governor, he was one of the loudest advocates of using low interest rates to insure against the calamity of deflation.

2003年，作为美联储主席，他在主张利用低利率来防止通缩灾难的鼓吹者之中，是声音最大的一个。

The big fear for the company has always been a spike in interest rates.

利率上升一直是房地产投资信托面临的重大隐忧。

Lower interest rates could reduce the cost of funding for businesses and individuals at a time of great financial strain.

减息可以在重大金融危机之际降低企业和个人的融资成本。

With interest rates at a measly . 001%, it seems silly to leave your savings sitting in the bank.

固定利率只有可怜的001%，于是把你的积蓄留在银行里变成了一种愚蠢的行为。

A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation.

利率的提高常常与通货膨胀的增长同时出现。

With real interest rates on deposits at negative levels, the temptation to take money out of the bank and invest in property is powerful.

鉴于储蓄的实际利率为负值，从银行取出资金投向房地产的诱惑是强大的。