At that time, the Fed had cut the Federal Funds Rate to 1%, we had very low short rates.

当时联储局将联邦基金利率降至1%,短期利率非常低

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The Federal Funds Rate was recently cut to 2.25% and it's expected to be cut further because of the recession that we're now apparently in.

联邦资金利率最近被,缩减到2。25%，并且仍被认为要缩减,原因就在于我们现在历经的经济衰退。

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Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.

同样,如果收益下降,他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来,所以他们总是慢慢的,朝着目标股利发放率靠近

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However, that all changed in 2003 with the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003, which cut the rate of taxation of dividends to 15%-- the same rate that capital gains are taxed.

但在2003年这些都变了,2003年颁布的《就业与进一步减税协调法案》,将股利的税率减至15%,与资本收益的征税率相同

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