Federal Reserve policy makers meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss their target for the federal funds rate, which broadly influences borrowing costs.

美联储决策者本周二和周三将开会讨论联邦基金利率目标，该利率对借贷成本存在普遍影响。

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Instead, this week it will deal with anonymous quotes as it tries to raise funds in a Wednesday bond auction amid increasing borrowing costs on its debt.

否则的话，他们势必像本周三在债券拍卖会上所做的那样，为了应付匿名者谣言而提高储备，以避免增加借债成本。

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The most obvious way for the Fed to help is to lower the federal funds rate target, which sets the cost of borrowing, from its level of 2%.

美联储救市最明显的方式是降低联邦基金的利率（该利率决定了借款成本），从2%的水平上。

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With interest rates currently low, many companies are borrowing funds to repurchase corporate shares.

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The increased price of fixed-rate home loans since then has been driven by the increasing cost of borrowing the funds on the financial markets.

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Having the discount rate higher meant that, in normal times, borrowing in the Federal Funds market would be less expensive than borrowing from the Fed.

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