target rate

基本解释

By lowering its target rate to almost zero in 2008, the Fed helped save many banks from collapse.
2008年通过把目标利率调低到几乎为零，美联储把许多银行从崩溃中拯救出来。
Instead, at the slightest increase of the short-term rate above the target rate the banks, especially the ECB, flooded the market with liquidity.
这些央行，尤其是欧洲央行，只是用比目标利率略高一点点的短期利率，向市场注入流动资金。
In reality, the target rate is a ceiling, not a floor; if you turn the cross-rate round, the Swiss want the franc to be worth no more than 83.33 euro cents.
实际上，该汇率目标只是一个上限，而非下限；如果转换为交叉汇率的话，瑞士人希望每个瑞郎的价值不要超过83.33欧分。

On Wednesday,the Federal Reserve kept its target rate near zero for overnight loans between banks.
The Federal Funds Rate is a rate that is targeted by the Fed and it's their principle target.
联邦资金利率是,一个被联邦瞄准的比率,并且是他们主要的目标。
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Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.
同样,如果收益下降,他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来,所以他们总是慢慢的,朝着目标股利发放率靠近
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That's moving it closer to the Fed's 1.5 percent target rate for short-term rates.
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