The Fed has these auctions but it auctions them off at what price the public will pay, so the Fed doesn't determine the term structure.

联储局公开拍卖债券,但只有当公众愿意以特定价格支付时,这些债券才能成交,所以联储局不能决定期限结构

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Effectively, you get interest from this because it's sold at a discount, so the price that you pay is equal to one hundred minus the discount.

实际上,你仍然从中获得利息,因为债券是打折出售的,所以买入价,等于一百减去折扣

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