Suddenly,I realized I had not looked at the drop of water for several days.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Look how--this is as of earlier this year; the Federal Funds Rate was at around 4% and it has this huge drop in the term structure and then it starts the upward-sloping.

这是今年早些时候的图形,当时联邦利率徘徊在4%,但期限结构,在此处急转直下之后又开始掉头向上

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Geithner noted that the drop in unemployment follows word that the U.S.economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.7 percent at the end of 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07