同业拆借市场利率指金融机构同业之间的短期资金借贷利率。它有两个利率:拆进利率表示金融机构愿意借款的利率、拆出利率表示愿意贷款的利率。
几周来，国债利率和银行同业拆借市场利率大幅增加，表明投资银行向银行系统发放贷款时更为谨慎。
The spread between the cost of borrowing for governments and that for Banks has widened sharply in recent weeks. That suggests investors are warier than ever of lending to the banking system.
同业拆借利率的上升增加了大银行的利润(它们是银行间市场的主要贷款者)，侵蚀了小银行的利润(它们是银行间市场的主要借款者)。
That increase adds to the profits for big Banks — which do most of the lending in the interbank market — and subtracts from small Banks — which do most of the borrowing.
金融危机期间，伦敦银行同业拆借利率可以用来衡量一个市场的压力，但批评者认为用于设置利率的方法完全可以被篡改。
The LIBOR was a gauge of market stress during the financial crisis, but critics argue that the method for setting the rate can be manipulated.
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