They cost around half of the Central Bank's benchmark interest rate.

这些项目的花费占了中央银行基准利率的一半左右。

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The Central Bank responded with a half-point cut in its benchmark interest rate.

中央银行以下降半个百分点的基准利率予以回应。

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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to 4.75%.

美国联邦储备委员会将基准利率降低了半个百分点到4.75%。

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Typically, one series of cash flows would be considered the fixed leg of the agreement while the other would be less predictable, such as cash flows based on an interest rate benchmark or a foreign exchange rate, usually referred to as the floating leg.

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This week the BoJ kept its benchmark interest rate on hold, at just 0.5%.

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