短期利率期货是指期货合约标的的期限在一年以内的各种利率期货,即以货币市场的各类债务凭证为标的的利率期货均属短期利率期货,包括各种期限的商业票据期货、国库券期货及欧洲美元定期存款期货等。以短期利率债券为基础资短期利率期货以短期利率债券为基础资产,一般采用现金结算,其价格用100产,一般采用现金结算,其价格用100减去利率水平表示。两种最普遍的短期利率期货是短期国债期货和欧洲美元期货。
联邦基金期货的价格表明,投资者认为短期利率很有可能在未来几个月内降低。
The prices of federal-funds futures suggest that investors think short-term interest rates are likely to decline within a few months.
期货市场的定价已经开始疏远美元了。阿联酋为了抑制投机在11月22日下调短期利率。
Futures markets are already pricing in a slight loosening of the dollar peg-though the UAE's central bank sought to quell speculation on November 22nd by cutting short-term interest rates.
期货市场预计到2012年6月欧元区的短期利率将上浮到2.5%左右,而美国仅有1%。
The futures market expects that by June 2012 short-term rates in the euro area will be around 2.5%, compared with just over 1% in America.
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