Recent cuts in short-term interest rates should help banks, by steepening the yield curve (the difference between long and short rates) and thus boosting the spread they can earn.

最近收率曲线（长期利率与短期利率的不同）变陡降低了短期利率从而帮助了银行，因此也扩大了它们可以盈利的范围。

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Liquidity spread is the difference between the locked-in yields of bonds and short-term interest rates.

流动性基差是指由于缺乏流动性而产生利率差价，即债券的内含收益率与短期市场利率的差价。

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This measure, which we compute as the difference in interest rates between corporate bonds and 10-year Treasury bonds, fell from four points at the end of November to 3.3 points at the end of January, according to figures from Moody's.

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For example, among credit card offers for customers with excellent credit, the biggest difference in the highest and lowest interest rates surveyed is 10.75 percent, in the business rewards credit card category.

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The key difference is that interest rates in America are now down to 1.25%, the lowest level for more than 40 years, whereas European interest rates are 2.5%, giving the ECB more scope.

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