That is one of the highest rates in Europe. Young French are even harder hit Anne Sonnet is an OECD economist specializing in the youth labor market.

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Once interest rates hit zero you can't cut them anymore and that's what the Fed wants to do.

一旦利率下跌至零,你就再也不能减少它们,而且这正是联邦试图做的事情。

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Interest rates have hit zero 0.2%; that's twenty basis points above zero.

利率已经接近零了0。2%；,这只有零点以上的二十个基本点。

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