央行下調(diào)“基準(zhǔn)利率”：是時候釋放流動性了嗎？（中級）
先看相關(guān)英文報道：
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, announced Thursday it would cut the benchmark interest rate for deposits and loans by 25 basis points beginning Friday. This was the first time that China's central bank cut the benchmark rates since December 2008, after which it has raised the rates for five times to drain liquidity.
分析：
上述報道中，“benchmark interest rate”的意思是“基準(zhǔn)利率”，也可說成“base rate”?；鶞?zhǔn)利率是金融市場上具有普遍參照作用的利率，其他利率水平或金融資產(chǎn)價格均可根據(jù)這一基準(zhǔn)利率水平來確定。在中國，基準(zhǔn)利率以中國人民銀行對國家專業(yè)銀行和其他金融機構(gòu)規(guī)定的存貸款利率為準(zhǔn)。
今年5月中旬，中行人民銀行也下調(diào)了存款類金融機構(gòu)人民幣存款準(zhǔn)備金率0.5個百分點。具體了解“存款準(zhǔn)備金率”>>>
一些相關(guān)詞匯：
The People's Bank of China(PBOC) 中國人民銀行
drain liquidity 吸收流動性
release liquidity 釋放流動性
assets price 資產(chǎn)價格
例句：
Once the base rate gets close to zero, interest-rate cuts no longer works, however chillythe economic outlook.
一旦基準(zhǔn)利率接近零，不管經(jīng)濟前景如何冷淡，都無法再繼續(xù)采取降息舉措了。
China issued the bonds not so much because it needs the money, but to help set benchmark rates for other issuers to compare themselves against.
中國此次發(fā)行債券主要并不是因為缺錢，而是為其它債券發(fā)行方確立了一個可以參考的基準(zhǔn)利率。
As widely expected, the Bank of Korea left its benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.5 per cent as it waited to gauge the impact of Monday's test.
正如外界廣泛預(yù)計的那樣，韓國央行將其基準(zhǔn)利率維持在4.5%，以便有更多時間評估周一試驗的影響。
