Like the Bank of England, the U.S.Federal Reserve has all but exhausted one of its most powerful tools for stimulating the economy -- lowering the key interest rate that banks charge to lend to each other.

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In the early post-war period, the corporate--now I'm going to talk-- there's a distinction between the rate that they charge and the actual amount that they take.

在战后初期,公司的...我要说明的是,政府规定的税率,与实际征收的税率之间存在着差异

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Spreads between the Fed's lending rates and the rate banks charge each other remained elevated.

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And banks have a pretty good idea what interest rate to charge a specific borrower to make a profit.

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