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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The central bank posts an interest rate that is the rate at which these member banks can borrow.

中央银行设定一个利率,这个利率是这些会员银行可以借进的利率。

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A person has a budget constraint if the person can borrow and lend at the interest rate.

在某一利率下,人都有自己的预算限制

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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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Of course, the banker isn't going to give you $1 for something that is paying $1 in a year because the banker knows that $1 could be invested at the interest rate.

当然,银行不会因为某些东西,在一年内收益一美元,而给你一美元,因为银行知道一美元能在利率的基础上,用来投资

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Then later on,whenever you want, you can take your money out Meanwhile, they invest the deposits some way or another at a higher interest rate than they pay on the deposits and they make the difference and that's how they make a profit.

然后你什么时候需要你就可以把钱取出来,同时储蓄机构以比给你的利息,更高的利息储蓄,或者投资，这就出现了差价,这就是储蓄机构盈利的方法。

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Nobody can see the interest rate-- why the interest rate's at the level it is in the market-- because nobody can see all these individuals; but that's why the interest rate gets determined and is in equilibrium.

没有人能知道,为什么市场利率会是现在的结果,因为没有人能知道其他人的想法,但市场利率就是这样确定并达到均衡

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The price is just the present value of that stream, discounted at the interest rate.

债券的价格就是这些现金流,以利率r为贴现率算出的贴现值

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I would take my income this year, invest it at the interest rate, and it would turn into Y today times and then I get income next year; so I could consume all that.

可以将今年收入,以利率水平投资,Y天后这份收入就会变成1+R倍,在获得明年的收入后,这些可以一起花掉

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