Before the crisis almost all leading central banks operated through the short-term (usually overnight) money-market rate.
危机前，几乎所有主要国家的央行都通过短期（一般是隔夜）货币市场利率来运行。
The rate that big Banks charge each other for short-term money jumped to three times the level in June, and the cost of protecting against their default broke records.
大型银行间短期拆借利率已经变为六月份水平的三倍，而且防止其违约的成本已经打破了记录。
Banks raise most of their money through short-term household deposits on which they pay an interest rate of just 0.7 percent. They lend at rates of 6 percent or more.
银行通过家庭的短期存款筹集大部分资金，通常只需要付0.7%的年息，但贷款利息是6%或更多。
The lowest deposit rate set by the central bank ACTS as a floor for short-term interest rates in money markets and for borrowing rates generally.
央行制定的最低存款利率通常可作为货币市场短期利率和借贷利率的下限。
Bonds feel "safer" because they promise a fixed rate of interest, but the problem is that bonds can actually lose money in the short term as well, particularly if you have a period of inflation.
债券感觉起来“比较安全”，是因为债券保证固定利率。但问题是，短期而言债券也可能赔钱，尤其是遇上通货膨胀时期。
Bonds feel "safer" because they promise a fixed rate of interest, but the problem is that bonds can actually lose money in the short term as well, particularly if you have a period of inflation.
债券感觉起来“比较安全”，是因为债券保证固定利率。但问题是，短期而言债券也可能赔钱，尤其是遇上通货膨胀时期。
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