Two years after the Fed slashed rates almost to zero, ten-year Treasury-bond yields are 2-3%, around the same level as Japanese bonds reached two years after Japan's short-term rates fell to 0.5%.

在美联储把利率降低到几乎0的两年后，十年期国债收益率是2 - 3%，这和日本在短期利率降至0.5%的两年之后的国债收益率近似。

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Fed policy makers have a long-run goal of 1.7 percent to 2 percent inflation they see as consistent with achieving legislative mandates for maximum employment and stable prices.

美联储决策者已制定长期目标，要保持1.7%到2%的通胀率，实现充分就业和维持物价稳定。

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When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 2-3% of all bison is actually grass-fed.

当他们开始研究供应链时，他们发现实际上只有2%到3%的野牛是食草的。

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He added that inflation was running below the Fed's long-term target of 2% and said current monetary policy was helping to counter "incipient deflationary pressures".

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The Fed sees in that long-term outlook between 2.5 and 2.7 percent economic growth.

WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing: March 20,2009