They complain that moneylenders advance only a fraction of the item’s value. And, with an interest rate of 30% a month, they can rarely afford to redeem their collateral.

他们抱怨贷款人仅预先支付了一小部分典当物的钱，每月还收30%利息，这使他们几乎不能赎回抵押物品。

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Non-residential fixed investment decelerated from a 10.5% rate of advance in 2011 to 7.5% in the first quarter and 3.6% in the second quarter.

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Unlike a wholesale interest rate increase, borrowers would be charged the penalty rate only on new purchases after the rate is changed, and a customer will receive 45 days advance notice of any penalty rate being placed on their account.

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No moneylender in his right mind would, at any rate of interest, advance a sufficient sum to buy the necessary items for each daughter: beds, a dresser, trunks, electric fans, dishes, six suits of clothes for the groom, six for the bride, perhaps a television, and on and on and on.

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