Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday decided to leave this interest rate at nearly zero percent.

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I think it's reflecting the fact that we're moving into possibly a situation of protracted situation--of nearly zero interest rates.

我认为它预示着,我们有可能正在向一个处境进发,一种长期的情形，一个零利率的处境。

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I have zero interest in describing historical figures in psychology just for the sake of telling you about the history of the field.

给你们介绍这两位心理学泰斗,并不只是想让大家了解心理学史。

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Once interest rates hit zero you can't cut them anymore and that's what the Fed wants to do.

一旦利率下跌至零,你就再也不能减少它们,而且这正是联邦试图做的事情。

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With interest rates hitting zero I say Alan Greenspan Ben Bernanke must be losing sleep at night.

所以，明显的，我们又处于这种情形中了,当利率接近零点我可以说艾伦。格林斯潘,本。伯南克肯定在夜里睡不好觉。

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You've got this policy tool of interest rates but once it hits zero you're out of business.

你拥有利率这一政策工具,但是一旦利率达到零点，你便失业了。

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I think one reason why they may have changed it in 2003 is that interest rates were getting really close to zero in 2003.

我认为其中一个,为什么他们在2003年改变了它的原因,就是利率在2003年真的快要接近零了。

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Interest rates have hit zero 0.2%; that's twenty basis points above zero.

利率已经接近零了0。2%；,这只有零点以上的二十个基本点。

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