In buying so much debt, they drove down the interest rate Washington had to offer, which in turn made credit in America cheap.

在买下这么多债券的同时，他们也使得华盛顿一再降息，这反过来使得美国的信贷越来越便宜。

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If we were to turn the crank, we'd say, oh, I've got to write down all my rate laws here.

如果我们要等式变换，我会说，哦，我要写下所有的速率定律。

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