The central Banks of the us, Eurozone and UK meet this week to consider interest rate policy in the face of slowing growth and rising inflation, caused in part by soaring oil prices.

美国、欧元区和英国的央行本周都将开会讨论利率政策，目前它们面对的经济增长放缓和通胀上涨，在一定程度上都是油价飙升引起的。

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It favours an inflation target as a way to anchor people's expectations of future policy, and puts a lot of weight on the transparency and predictability of central Banks' interest-rate decisions.

这一理念把通胀目标作为稳定人们未来政策预期的手段，并将央行利率政策的透明和可预见性放在重要位置。

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If the expected inflation rate rose by a notch or two, wages and interest rates would shift up to match it.

如果预期通胀率上升一到二个点，则工资与利率调整率应与之相匹配。

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One of them is the forward rate and the other one is inflation indexed interest rates.

一个是远期利率,另一个是通胀指数化利率

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So that would mean that the Fed should be raising interest rates to try to tighten up the economy and bring the inflation rate down.

所以，这意味着,美联储应该提升利率,以试图加强经济,并且将通货膨胀率降低。

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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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These track the inflation rate and pay a rate of interest at the end of the year.

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Recent sharp rises in commodity prices have been an important factor contributing to the rising rate of inflation in the UK and creating uncertainty for interest rate policymakers.

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What matters, in large part, is the difference between the interest rate the borrower is paying and the inflation rate in general.

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