如果他们不能平衡贸易差额或者以合理的利率借钱的话，他们就负担不起本国公民所需的全部商品。
If they cannot balance their trade or borrow money at a reasonable rate, they will be unable to afford all the goods their citizens want.
经济衰退期间，加拿大银行削减了其基准利率(至0.25%)，注入了额外的流动资产，买下了全部的抵押借款有价证券。
During the recession the Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate (to 0.25%), injected extra liquidity and bought up mortgage-backed securities.
因为高利率需要时间来显示它的全部效果，人们的审慎性让他们暂停了步伐。
Because higher interest rates take awhile to show their full effect, prudence suggests a pause.
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