Federal funds rate

基本解釋

Federal Reserve policy makers meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss their target for the federal funds rate, which broadly influences borrowing costs.
美聯(lián)儲(chǔ)決策者本周二和周三將開(kāi)會(huì)討論聯(lián)邦基金利率目標(biāo)，該利率對(duì)借貸成本存在普遍影響。
According to the latest Blue Chip monthly survey, four out of five financial forecasters reckon the central bank's next move will be to cut the federal funds rate.
根據(jù)最新的每月藍(lán)籌股調(diào)查表明，五位金融預(yù)報(bào)員中就有四位認(rèn)為央行的下一步舉措將降低聯(lián)邦基金利率。
Comparing that to past recessions is a bit tricky, because the Fed did not always use the federal funds rate as a target, and it tended to be more volatile.
和過(guò)去的衰退進(jìn)行比較有些復(fù)雜，因?yàn)槊缆?lián)儲(chǔ)并不總是采用聯(lián)邦基金利率作為目標(biāo)，且容易出現(xiàn)更大的波動(dòng)。

"The committee continues to anticipate that the economic conditions -- including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends and stable inflation expectations -- are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period."
If the Fed wants to push the Federal Funds Rate up and down it goes and buys short-term government bonds.
如果聯(lián)邦希望推動(dòng),聯(lián)邦資金利率上升下降,它將會(huì)去買(mǎi)短期的政府債券。
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At that time, the Fed had cut the Federal Funds Rate to 1%, we had very low short rates.
當(dāng)時(shí)聯(lián)儲(chǔ)局將聯(lián)邦基金利率降至1%,短期利率非常低
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Investors should keep their eyes peeled for the different projections for the Federal Funds rate.
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