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1·At least one bank cut its prime rate today.

至少有一家银行今天降低了自己的最低贷款利率。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·US prime rate.

美国基本利率。

3·Banking giant Wells Fargo said it was cutting its prime rate to 3.25 percent.

银行业巨头富国说，这是削减其最优惠利率为百分之三点二五。

4·Most credit CARDS have their rate fixed at the prime rate plus some specific percentage - prime plus 11.9%, for example.

大多数信用卡的利率是固定的，由基本放款利率加上一些特定比率-如基本放款利率加上11.9%。

5·And after the prime rate declined by half a point, and the Dow rose by thirty-two, guess what happened to Goose and Fox?

要是主利率降了半个点，道·琼斯涨了三十二点，你们猜大白鹅和狐狸能赚多少？

6·Another reason the more important is that employees receive a special low interest rate on loans, usually one percent below prime rate.

另一个原因更重要，就是职工可享受特殊的贷款利息率，较之最优惠利息率一般还要低去百分之一。

7·Since the prime rate just dropped by 0.75%, many credit card rates just dropped 0.75%, which will help a bit if you have a large credit card balance.

考虑到基本利率只是下降了0.75%，很多信用卡费率也只是下降0.75%而已，这将有点帮助假如你有很高的信用卡贷款余额。

8·Major Banks including bank of America, Wachovia and Wells Fargo soon followed with cuts in their prime rate. This is what Banks charge their best customers.

包括美国银行，瓦乔维亚银行和富国银行在内的各大银行也紧随着降低了他们的头等客户贷款最低利率。

9·For example, the Fed has proposed limits on how much mortgage interest rates can exceed the prime rate for low-income borrowers with poor credit ratings.

例如，美联储曾提议将低信用评级的低收入的贷款者的按揭利率超出最优惠利率的范围做一个限制。

10·However deeply the Fed decides to cut rates, the prime rate, now at 4 percent, for many consumer and small-business loans would drop by a corresponding amount.

然而美联储早已决定降低利率，最优惠利率目前为4%，对于消费和小规模商业的贷款会有一定数量的下调。