The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.

银行强烈反对降低利率。

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Perhaps the bank worried that once it approved one loan, cutting her off wouldhave led her to drop out or transfer and have trouble paying back the loan.

也许银行担心一旦它批准了一份单款申请，再拒绝她的话，她可能会辍学或转学，还贷就麻烦了。

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In response to the subprime crisis that we are now in, our central bank, the Federal Reserve, has been cutting interest rates aggressively to try to save the economy that appears to be declining.

为了积极应对，目前的次贷危机，我们的中央银行，也就是美联储，已经调低利率，来积极地拯救正在衰退的经济。

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In response to the subprime crisis that we are now in, our central bank, the Federal Reserve, has been cutting interest rates aggressively to try to save the economy that appears to be declining.

为了积极应对,目前的次贷危机,我们的中央银行,也就是美联储,已经调低利率,来积极地拯救正在衰退的经济

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Australian home-loan approvals are down for a third month despite the central bank cutting its main interest rates.

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The central banks are certainly giving the reptile a push, with even the European Central Bank cutting rates to 2%.

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However that wouldn't have held back the European Central Bank from cutting rates if it had really thought the world was plunging into recession and dragging Europe with it.

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