The discount rate was a policy variable set by the Fed and it was typically fifty basis points below the Federal Funds Rate.

贴现率是一个联邦可改变的政策,并且它比联邦资金利率通常,低五十个基本点。

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The other but more commonly used monetary policy is to change the rate is to effectively alter the rate of interest on deposits.

另一种形式，更广泛地被运用着,是货币政策是用来改变比率,有效地调整存款的利率水平。

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So the interest rate the policy tool in the United the policy interest rate or key rate in the United States is called the Federal Funds Rate.

所以，利率美国的政策工具,美国的政策利率或是主要利率,叫做联邦资金利率。

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