As it turns out, even today—with job growth near zero—over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.
事实证明,即使在岗位净增长接近于零的今天,每月仍有400多万求职者被录用。
Buying more short-term debt is pointless because the interest rate on that debt is near zero.
购买更多的短期债务时毫无意义,因为短期债务的利率几乎为零。
We plan to keep rates near zero for as long as it takes, but we won't tell you how long that is.
我们计划让利率在尽可能长的时间内保持在零,但并不会透露持续时间。
Futures markets are pricing in high odds of a federal-funds rate of 0.5% by November, up from near zero now.
期货市场以很高的概率预期,到今年11月份,联邦基金利率将从当前接近于零的水平提升到0.5%。
Currently, the Fed can't do that, because the interest rates it can control are near zero, and can't go any lower.
当前,美联储并无此能力,因为美联储所能控制的利率接近0,已不能再低了。
But the interest rates the Fed normally targets - basically rates on short-term U.S. government debt - are already near zero.
然而,美联储通常作为目标的利率——基本上就是美国短期国债的利率——已经接近于零。
But the interest rates the Fed normally targets - basically rates on short-term U. S. government debt - are already near zero.
然而,美联储通常作为目标的利率——基本上就是美国短期国债的利率——已经接近于零。
The Fed has cut interest rates to near zero and announced a series of unprecedented measures to stabilize the financial markets.
美联储已经将利率下调到接近零的水平,并宣布了一系列前所未有的措施,以稳定金融市场。
Currently, consumption has fallen from 72% to 70% of GDP and saving has increased from near zero to about 5% of disposable income.
目前,消费已经从GDP比重的72%下跌至70%,而储蓄率则从几乎为零上升至可支配收入的5%。
That was more or less the same level as in 2007, but meanwhile short-term interest rates had plummeted, ending the year near zero.
那或多或少处于和2007年同样的水平,但是其间短期利率大幅下降,年底几乎是零。
Proponents argue that with interest rates at or near zero, it is a sensible way of keeping credit flowing and preventing deflation.
央行新政策的支持者认为,将利率保持在零或接近于零是保持信贷流动性和抑制通货紧缩的明智方法。
To reach our goal of near zero deaths from malaria by 2015, we need an extraordinary intensification of our actions in two key areas.
我们要想在2015年以前达到疟疾死亡人数近于零的目标,必须格外加强我们在两个关键领域的行动。
But with interest rates near zero, the Fed's choices are limited to unconventional policy options, where the threshold for action seems to be higher.
但随着利率近乎于零,美联储的决策将受限于非常规的政策选择,采取行动的门槛似乎更高。
Bernanke and his colleagues last month held a key bank lending rate at an all-time low near zero and pledged to hold it there for an "extended period."
上个月,贝南克与其同事将一项关键贷款利率持续保持在接近零点的水平,并且承诺会继续保持“更长的时间”。
Short-term U.S. interest rates wouldn’t change: they’re being kept near zero by the Fed, which won’t raise rates until the unemployment rate comes down.
其实美国的短期利率是不会有变化的:因为它们一直被美联储控制在接近于零的位置,而且美联储也不会在失业率出现下降之前提高利率。
In the US and Japan, rates fell close to zero, and the Bank of England hinted that rates could fall to near zero in Britain too, having already fallen to 2%.
在美国和日本,利率已经接近0了,而英格兰银行暗示,英国利率未来也将会降低到接近0,而现在的利率则降低到了2%。
Traders in future markets anticipate the fed will hike its benchmark federal funds rate — which it has been holding near zero since December 2008 — to 0.5% by November.
期货市场的交易员们预计,今年11月前美联储将把其基准的联邦基金利率上调50个基点至0.5%,该利率自2008年12月以来一直处于接近于零的水平。
Many consumer loan rates, however, are pegged to Banks' prime rate.That rate, in turn, is tied to the Federal Reserve's benchmark short-term rate, which remains near zero.
然而很多消费者贷款利率是与银行的优惠利率挂钩,这优惠利率又是紧盯美联储的短期基准利率,这一利率持续接近于0。
In addition, the Federal Reserve - the nation's central bank - has lowered short-term interest rates to near zero percent and pumped huge amounts of money into the economy.
此外,美国的中央银行美联储把利率降低到接近于零的水平,并向经济部门大量注资。
Many consumer loan rates, however, are pegged to banks' prime rate. That rate, in turn, is tied to the Federal Reserve's benchmark short-term rate, which remains near zero.
然而很多消费者贷款利率是与银行的优惠利率挂钩,这优惠利率又是紧盯美联储的短期基准利率,这一利率持续接近于0。
The Federal Reserve again kept interest rates near zero for an "extended period", but its accompanying language on the economy was markedly less optimistic than in recent months.
美联储又将在更长一段时间内将利率控制在零附近,但是关于经济的一些评论明显没有前几个月乐观。
Boston-based State Street Corp. , the third-largest custody bank, on Nov. 30 said it will cut 1,400 jobs, or about 5 percent of its workforce, to reduce costs as interest rates near zero erode profit.
总部位于波士顿的第三大托管银行美国道富公司,11月30日表示它将裁员1400人,即5%的工作岗位,以此来降低成本,从而减少零利率对利润的侵蚀。
The commitment to continued monetary stimulus, in the form of near-zero interest rates, is a double-edged sword.
承诺以接近零的利率形式维持货币刺激计划是一把双刃剑。
Until deflationary Japan sees consumer prices rise between 0% and 2% (with an unofficial aim of 1%), the near-zero policy rate will remain (as it has done for ages).
在通货紧缩的日本能够目睹消费者价格上升比率在0%到2%之间(非官方的目标是1%)之前,接近零利率的政策将不会有所松动(就像它一直以来一样)。
Retirees are earning near-zero interest on their savings.
退休人员的储蓄利息几乎为零。
Now the financial constraint has been removed by near-zero US interest rates.
如今,这种财务限制已经被美国接近于零的利率水平所消除。
Now the financial constraint has been removed by near-zero US interest rates.
如今,这种财务限制已经被美国接近于零的利率水平所消除。
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