So we have--U.S. Government issues bills and that's less than or equal to one year and they pay no interest.

美国政府发行的短期国库券,期限通常小于或等于一年,且不付息

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One is that people expected interest rates to go up and, so there's also another effect pushing interest rates up.

一方面人们预计利率上升,这是另一种推动利率上扬的因素

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And that's a serious concern but the fact that the government itself took the lead in bringing that point to public attention suggests in part government's electorate interest So one should not take this all in their mighty actions.

这是个重大问题,但政府自身把这个事实,揭示给大众,说明政府在考虑如何划分选区,才符合自身利益,所以人们不应该将,这种观点带入可能的行为中。

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If you have a bond with an interest rate of 4.375% -that's not an easy one to divide by two but you would get half of that every six months until maturity.

如果你持有一种利率为4.375%的债券,这个数除以2有点难算,而在债券到期前,每半年你能得到4.375%一半的券息

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