They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

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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

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It's not that critical. -Also... ... well exactly it doesn't affect the... You know the unemployment rate has been lower during this period than in the '70s as we talked about a few minutes ago so... Let me quote to you Pat Buchanan, Ken, alright?

没那么重要，对吧，-再则。,它确实不影响。,要知道，这段时期的失业率,一直低于70年代,这个我们几分钟前曾提到过。,肯，我们先来看看帕特·布坎南怎么说吧？

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