整个欧洲大陆的保险公司在上世纪80及90年代很乐意销售有最低回报率保证的保单，因为它们相信长期利率不会远低于5%。

Many insurers across the continent happily sold policies in the 1980s and 1990s with guaranteed minimum returns in the belief that long-term interest rates would not fall much below 5%.

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经济长期衰退，失业率也很高，这些使他的受欢迎程度降到了最低。

Prolonged recession and high unemployment knocked his popularity down to rock-bottom.

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相应地，美国国债收益率急剧下跌：长期国债收益率触及今年以来的最低点，3个月和6个月期国债收益率几乎为零。

Treasury yields are tumbling. Long-term Treasuries yields hit their lowest level of 2011, and yields on 3-month and 6-month bills are basically sitting at zero.

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相应地，美国国债收益率急剧下跌：长期国债收益率触及今年以来的最低点，3个月和6个月期国债收益率几乎为零。

Treasury yields are tumbling. Long-term Treasuries yields hit their lowest level of 2011, and yields on 3-month and 6-month bills are basically sitting at zero.

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