The Bank of Japan agreed to loan $115 billion to financial institutions for three months at a rate of 0.1 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The central bank posts an interest rate that is the rate at which these member banks can borrow.

中央银行设定一个利率,这个利率是这些会员银行可以借进的利率。

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They wanted to eliminate the stigma it used to be embarrassing to borrow at the discount window because the discount rate would because it would be an admission that the bank is in trouble.

他们希望消除这种瑕疵,过去在贴现窗口借钱,常常被认为是尴尬的事,因为贴现率将,因为这将是处于困境的银行的,进入权。

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But he says for this year Yemen's economic prospects are poor, and the country would be lucky to grow at half the rate the Central Bank has projected.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20