In an area where manufacturing jobs have disappeared and the unemployment rate has risen above the national average, Mr.Obama called on Congress to pass a new job-creation bill.

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The three-month Treasury bill rate is shown there--it was much lower--it was under 3%.

三个月期国债利率,远低于联邦基金利率,在3%以下

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I'm talking about four-week Treasury bills; 2.25% the Federal Funds Rate is still at 2.25% but at least the more prominent three-month T-bill rate is at the end.

我在谈论月国库券；,联邦基金利率仍在%,但是至少显著地,季度国库券利率还在最低端。

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The magnitude of our interest rate bill is no mirage.

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With the IOR rate far above the 90-day T-bill rate, banks had no incentive to do anything with the huge volume of newly created reserves other than to sit on them, and sit on them they did.

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On rate cuts, the bill would reduce the highest tax rate from 39.6 percent to 36 percent by 2007 -- a more modest cut that takes place in phases at a slower pace than what Bush proposed and conservatives advocate.

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