In a sign that Banks have become less wary of lending to one another, the London interbank offered rate, a benchmark interest rate for many dollar loans, has fallen sharply over the past two weeks.

银行贷款更为谨慎的一个符号就是伦敦银行同业拆放利率，作为很多美元贷款的利率基准，在过去两周急剧的下降。

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A rate cut now might not even have been felt: the collapse of Lehman has triggered a mad scramble for cash by Banks, driving the interbank-lending rate as high as 6% in recent days.

现在减息可能会没有效果：雷曼的破产引发了银行间对现金的疯狂抢夺，使得银行同业拆借利率在最近今天内升至6%。

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These unprecedented measures began to have some effect: interbank lending resumed and the London interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) improved.

这些前所未有措施开始显现一些效果：银行间拆借恢复，伦敦银行同业拆借利率有所改善。

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Yet again on Friday, the difference between the overnight lending rate and the 3-month interbank lending rate remained above 200 points, indicating this stress in the credit markets.

FORBES: Credit Crisis

The three-month Libor is at 3.77%, according to UBS, and the difference between that and the overnight rate suggests "interbank lending is broken, " said William O'Donnell, the head of U.S. interest rate strategy at UBS. Rather than extend credit for longer than overnight, banks appear to be hoarding cash.

FORBES: Credit Crisis

The six-month international interbank lending rate is currently at 5.94 percent, and the Soviet loans carry an interest rate adjusted every six months to account for changes in this rate.

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