They were worried that if the discount rate is fifty basis points below the Federal Funds Rate then it's going to hit zero and that would be embarrassing; so they moved it.

他们担忧的是,如果贴现率比,联邦资金利率低五十个基本点,那么它将会接近零点,并且那将会很尴尬；所以他们改变了它。

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All of these central banks of Canada England Europe and Switzerland got together with the Federal Reserve and said--obviously they were worried about the financial crisis that was engulfing the world.

所有的这些中央银行,加拿大，英国，欧洲，瑞士,与联邦准备银行聚集到一起,说-明显的他们是担忧,现在正吞没整个世界的金融危机。

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