President Obama will speak on Tuesday about his plans for tackling the nation's In his weekly radio and Internet address, Mr.Obama says the drop from October's 10.2 percent jobless rate is a positive trend, but he is not satisfied.

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I've got the Federal Funds Rate--it's the shortest interest rate, an overnight rate--it was at 4% at that time and then there was a sharp drop.

这是联邦基金利率,是最短期的利率,当时的隔夜拆借利率是4%,接下来利率急速下跌

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Look how--this is as of earlier this year; the Federal Funds Rate was at around 4% and it has this huge drop in the term structure and then it starts the upward-sloping.

这是今年早些时候的图形,当时联邦利率徘徊在4%,但期限结构,在此处急转直下之后又开始掉头向上

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