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The European Central Bank doubled down on its negative rate policy on Thursday, meaning banks will now have to pay 0.5% interest simply for depositing much of their spare cash with it - an attempt to make them lend more to kickstart the economy.
While such a policy is widely considered valid only for economies in Europe and Japan with chronically low inflation and weak growth, the idea is attracting other supporters elsewhere - not least U.S. President Donald Trump, who has labeled U.S. central bankers “boneheads” for not resorting to it.
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double down on: 对某事的努力加倍;变本加厉;加倍下注
deposit /dɪˈpɒzɪt, dɪˈpɑːzɪt/ vt. 放置;存放;将(钱)存入银行
· I deposited a book on my desk.
我把一本书放在桌子上。
much of: 大部分
· I lay awake for much of the night.
我大半夜都没睡。
spare cash: 闲置资金
· spare time: 空闲的时间
· spare room: 闲置的房间,客房
kickstart /ˈkɪkˌstɑ:t/ vt. 促使……开始;使(项目)尽快启动
· improve/boost/kickstart the economy: 刺激经济增长
chronically /'krɔnikli/ adv. 慢性地,习惯性地,长期地
label /ˈleɪbl/ vt. 贴标签于;(尤指不公正地)把……称为
resort /rɪˈzɔːt/ vi. 诉诸;求助于;依靠
· 常用搭配: resort to sth.
· We may have to resort to using untrained staff.
我们也许只能使用未受过训练的员工了。
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