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bande

English translation: range

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French term or phrase:bande
English translation:range
Entered by: Red Cat Studios

01:14 May 3, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Journalism
French term or phrase: bande
What sense does 'bande' have in this sentence in an article on the shaky economy?:

Les taux d’intérêts à long terme restent dans une bande toujours accommodante pour l’économie alors que la hausse des taux courts est devenue prédictible, en tout cas aux Etats-Unis.
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 16:10
range
Explanation:
I guess.
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Red Cat Studios
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:10
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5range
Red Cat Studios
4range
sarahl (X)
4margin of fluctuation
swisstell
4band
eileengreen


  

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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
range


Explanation:
I guess.

Red Cat Studios
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:10
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
range


Explanation:
hi Steph!

sarahl (X)
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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margin of fluctuation


Explanation:
i.e. a band width that has its limits both on the up and down side

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Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2005-05-03 02:15:08 GMT)
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[PDF] The monetary framework after accession – a political economy ...
Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
... default the margin of fluctuation is identical with that of applied in the
... keep its currency in a narrow margin of fluctuation somewhere within the ...
eiop.or.at/eiop/pdf/2003-002.pdf - Ähnliche Seiten

EAP Vocabulary - Exercise - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... and curb inflation by limiting the margin of fluctuation for each member currency
... When any currency reached the limit of the margin of fluctuation, ...
www.uefap.co.uk/vocab/exercise/awl/eu.htm


swisstell
Italy
Local time: 22:10
Native speaker of: German
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
band


Explanation:
... trade in a volatile fashion over the year within a band of 74 to 82 US cents.... to the Federal Reserve Board, which will be raising US interest rates.
www.td.com/economics/special/candol04.jsp
virtually unchanged over the last 9 weeks, trading in a narrow band of 5.34% to 4.96% yield
http://www.ddin.com/dec14-2002.htm
exchange rate against an index within a band that was not all that wide, ...
www.msb.edu/prog/cmrc/Conferences/ proceedings/sweeney.html

"within a band" is used. Maybe not as much as range.

eileengreen
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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