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Record 1 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

... the important concept net free reserves. It tends to be negative when "money is tight" and interest rates are high and to be positive when the [Federal Reserve] eases credit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
OBS

These soils are found in the northern part of the humid tropical zone which is characterized by the lateritic or ferrallitic soils... These soils contain unweathered minerals of the parent rock, especially potash or lime soda feldspars, constituting a reserve of alkalis and alkaline-earth elements. The clay fraction often shows kaolinite associated with other clay minerals and iron hydroxides without free alumina. These soils can be lessivés in which case they show colors ranging from red to beige.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
CONT

Les sols ferrugineux tropicaux se développent au nord de la zone tropicale humide, caractérisée par les sols latéritiques ou ferrallitiques [...] Ces sols contiennent des minéraux non altérés de la roche mère et, en particulier, des feldspaths potassiques ou calco-sodiques, formant une réserve en alcalis et alcalino-terreux. La fraction argileuse montre souvent de la kaolinite, associées à d'autres minéraux argileux et à des hydroxydes de fer sans alumine libre. Ces sols peuvent être lessivés; ils présentent alors des teintes variées, allant du rouge au beige.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

The Federal Reserve Banks also make loans to the member banks. These we call "discounts".... Unfortunately, the Fed is not free to pursue a discount policy exactly the way it wants to... as far as discount policy is concerned, the Fed must play the passive role. It can sit and wait. It can veto. It can make its rate attractive. But it certainly cannot set its amount of discounts at precisely the figure it wants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
Key term(s)
  • politique du taux d'escompte

Spanish

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