No one disputes the direct linkage between the unemployment rate and crime.

谁都不会质疑失业率与犯罪之间的直接联系。

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With his Direct Taxes Code legislation, Singh hopes to cut the corporate rate to 30 percent from 33 percent.

这次他推出的直接纳税制，有希望降低企业的税率，从33%降低到30%。

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In February, the Fed raised the discount rate, charged on direct loans to commercial Banks, to 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent.

二月份，美联储将商业银行直接贷款贴现率从0.50%上调到0.75%。

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The direct failure rate, therefore was 14 out of 381 products, or .036.

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Even though Kickstarter has no enforcement mechanism to prevent con artists from using the system to raise funds for fake projects, it is clear that with a direct failure rate well below 5%, founders take their obligations seriously.

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As for foreign direct investment, the rate again surprises people at being just under 10%.

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