The Federal Reserve has cut the discount rate five times in 12 months.

美联储已在12个月间5次下调贴现率。

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Also, the Fed lowered to 0.5% the discount rate, which is the rate at which the Federal Reserve lends money to private Banks.

同时，美联储将贴现率降低了0.5%。贴现率主要用于美联储向私人银行借款的利率。

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The Federal Reserve has cut the discount rate-the charge it makes for emergency lending to banks-from 6.25% to 5.75%, and lengthened the term of these loans to 30 days.

美国联储会削减了其贴现率，这一联储会向紧急贷款的银行收取的费用，将其从原来的6.25%降到5.75%，并且将紧急借款期限延长到30天。

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The attractive margins on commercial lending (a gaping three-point spread between the prime rate and the Federal Reserve discount rate) don't alter this gloomy picture.

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In its latest incarnation, the interest-rate ceiling on consumer loans is restricted to 5% above the Federal Reserve's discount rate the amount the Fed charges banks for overnight loans.

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But meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has cut the discount rate three percentage points since last September, and may lower it to two percent this week.

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