I've got the Federal Funds Rate--it's the shortest interest rate, an overnight rate--it was at 4% at that time and then there was a sharp drop.

这是联邦基金利率,是最短期的利率,当时的隔夜拆借利率是4%,接下来利率急速下跌

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Right now, we have a Federal Funds Rate of about 3% and an inflation rate of around 3%, so right now the real interest rate is close to 0.

如今,联储局利率是3%左右,通胀率也在3%徘徊,现在的实际利率接近于0

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So the interest rate the policy tool in the United the policy interest rate or key rate in the United States is called the Federal Funds Rate.

所以，利率美国的政策工具,美国的政策利率或是主要利率,叫做联邦资金利率。

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What they did instead of just-remember the Federal Funds Rate is a target interest rate that the Fed attempts to hit through buying and selling treasury bills in the U.S. or in other countries buying and selling government bonds to affect the market.

他们真正做的事-记住,联邦资金利率是,美联储试图通过在美国,买进和卖出国库券,或在其他国家买进和卖出政府债券,来影响市场的目标利率。

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