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＊　　call loan   複合名詞  拆款 a call loan; call loan s　　 the call-loan rate (把複合名詞當形容詞）  ＊eg. a call - l oan rate increase   ( 大寫規則參考AP style，有意義的字就大寫 - A C all -L oan Rate Increase) = an increase in the rates on call loans （無 hyphen）

Budget 2013: Changes to BoE remit expand options for activism Financial Times ‎- 2013/3/20 George Osborne has revamped the Bank of England's remit in the hope that more “monetary activism” sparks an economic recovery. 英國財相在Budget 2013（ 預算案全文 ）中， 改了英國央行的 remit (點此連結看財相寫給央行總裁的信) 。（其他相關新聞 BBC ） 這remit是什麼呢？

簡單來說，devaluation 是刻意為之，例如希臘如果退出歐元區，就可將希臘貨幣刻意貶值，以此減債。（是一種 currency re-valuation，台灣在全面換成 新台幣  的時候，也是這樣） depreciation 則是一般匯市波動下的匯率下降。 NY Times這篇寫得很清楚： Many writers treat devaluation and depreciation as synonymous. This may be what confused Mr. Harrington. Clarity dictates restricting devaluation to a deliberate change in the official value of a currency like that of the dollar in 1933-34. Depreciation is the right word for a fall in the price of one currency in terms of the currencies of other countries in response to supply and demand. Source: Dollar's Depreciation Isn't Devaluation   Published: February 22, 1988 其他可參考之文章：

FT Analysis and comments： The aims of central bank independence The concept of independent central banking goes back at least as far as the founding of the US Federal Reserve in 1913. It came into its own after the collapse in the early 1970s of the Bretton Woods semi-fixed exchange rate system – set up by the leading economies in 1944 – and the US decision to abandon dollar convertibility – the system whereby holders of dollars had been able to redeem them from the government in exchange for gold. To continue reading, click here

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