Of course, the short-term interest rate isn't the cost of capital; the long-term interest rate is.

当然，短期利率不是资金成本；长期利率才是。

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If these premiums are constant over time, the central bank can still determine long-term interest rate via changing (market agents' expectations regarding future) short-term interest rates.

如果这些溢价随时间保持不变的话，央行仍然可以通过调整(市场参与者对未来预期的)短期利率来左右长期利率。

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Auction rate notes gave municipalities, universities, museums and other issuers a vehicle to borrow long, but pay a shorter term interest rate.

当自治区、大学、博物馆等其他机构需要长期租借物品时，拍卖利率债券可以使你以短期利率支付利息。

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Adjustable rate mortgages have a long term -they might last for thirty years -but the interest rate is not fixed for the whole thirty years.

可调利率抵押贷款的期限很长,也许会长达30年,但是利率在30年间并不是固定的

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Iceland's long-term interest rate is just over 8%, compared with over 13% for Greece.

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Loans provided by BNDES are based in the so called TJLP long-term interest rate, which currently stands at 5%, while traditional loans carry a premium over benchmark Selic rate, currently at 12.25%.

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The arbitrage has to do with the fact that the earnings yield on equities (earnings divided by price) is often more than the aftertax cost of money (which is, roughly, two-thirds of whatever your long-term interest rate is).

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