If the credit card issuer applied the payment to the interest-bearing balance first, the customer would pay less interest overall.

如果信用卡发行人能够优先冲减有息债务，消费者支付的利息总额将大大减少。

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So bank reserves matter because they are the foundation for other, "broader" kinds of money-current (checking) accounts, interest-bearing deposits and so on.

因此，储备对于银行至关重要，因为这是其他各种“广泛”货币——经常性帐户(支票)，银行计息存款等等——的基础。

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Instead, put that money into an interest-bearing acount that will buy you the freedom you'll need five years down the road when it's time for a change.

反之，将那些钱存入一个有息账户，五年之后当你觉得是时候做下改变时，这笔钱就可以为你买到你所需要的自由。

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They lent notes redeemable in gold, bearing interest.

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So long as close substitutes such as Treasury bills offer any competition at all, investors try to shift out of the non-interest bearing stuff into the interest-bearing stuff.

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