Official lending rates, already near zero, will likely fall further.

官方的贷款利率虽然已接近于零，但预计仍将进一步下调。

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Japanese official figures show little evidence of large net lending to foreigners.

日本官方的数据中也没有大量外国借贷净额的痕迹。

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This brings aggregate new lending in 2009 to RMB 7.37 trillion, up 201% year-over-year from the first half of 2008, and well above the official full-year target of RMB 5 trillion.

这意味着2009上半年总的新增信贷达到了7.37万亿人民币，比2008年上半年猛增了201%，同时也超过了官方全年新增5万亿贷款的目标。

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Official lending is much larger in aggregate, but growing at a slower rate.

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On Thursday, the European Central Bank cut its official deposit rate for overnight lending to the central bank by 50 basis points, to 1.0%, below its 2.5% benchmark rate, in an attempt to wean banks off the safety of its vaults and thus stimulate interbank lending.

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The rate at which banks lend to each other has been rising, which has meant that banks are toughening up their lending terms even though official interest rates are falling.

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