First, higher personal-saving rates and (more optimistically) a lower federal deficit will hold down long-term interest rates and the cost of capital.

首先，较高个人储蓄率和(更乐观来看)较低的联邦赤字有望压低长期利率和资本成本。

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In 1942 the Fed agreed to hold down long-term interest rates to help the Treasury finance the war; it did not extract itself from the commitment until 1951.

1942年美联储同意压低长期利率来帮助美国财政部为战争筹资；直到1951年美联储才取消该项承诺。

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In other words, the Fed had to hold down interest rates.

换言之，美联储不得不压低利率。

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In the 1970s prices rose faster than income when the Fed created money to hold interest rates down.

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Even so, politicians could conceivably try to hold interest rates down, either by forcing banks and others to own government debt or by ordering the central bank to keep rates low or to buy the debt outright.

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The absurdity of how fast we can trade is eclipsed only by how low we can hold down interest rates.

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