In addition to slashing interest rates, the central bank has been buying bank bonds through its open-market operations to help bring down interest rates.

除大幅降息外，央行还一直在通过公开市场操作买入银行债券，以便帮助利率回落。

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Mr Rasmussen's officials worry that slimming down NATO's bloated military structure too sharply, and slashing common-equipment projects, could dissolve the "glue" of the alliance.

拉斯马森先生的官员们担心北约庞大的军事结构如果大量缩水，以及基本设施工程的大幅度消减都很有可能瓦解北约组织的聚心力。

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Suppliers of glass for large TV panels are struggling to meet demand after they scaled down output late last year when panel makers were slashing production.

去年底由于面板产商减产，使得用于大型电视面板的玻璃基板亦削减产出因应，如今它们正勉力以满足需求。

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This was that they could make strenuous efforts to qualify for the euro, slashing public spending and holding down wages and other costs, and then relax as soon as they got in.

ECONOMIST: The European Central Bank

As it is, many of them are slashing their polling budgets or shutting down in-house polling operations.

ECONOMIST: Political polls

Yes, it would mean higher tax rates, but it also would mean slashing government spending from 24 percent of GDP down to 18 percent of GDP.

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