In the U.S.,electric utilities lead the opposition to copying this rate structure, and to mandating purchases of alternative power.

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The Federal Funds Rate was 5.5% and then the whole term structure -all the way--almost all the way.

联邦基金利率是5.5%,整个期限结构图,几乎自始至终...

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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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Forward rates I wrote a survey article years ago about the term structure of interest rates and I wanted to find out who was the originator of the term "forward rate."

远期利率,很多年前我写过一篇,研究利率期限结构的文章,我想知道谁是"远期利率"这个词的创始人

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The idea of a forward rate is that, implicit in that term structure is also a quote for the one-year rate, one year hence, because if you look at the two-year rate, can't you infer back what interest rates are going to be in one year?

远期利率隐含在期限结构中的,一年期利率报价,起息日是第二年初,因为如果你知道了两年即期利率,就可以很自然地推出一年即期利率

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