annual percentage rate

Last week, the forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers shaved its forecasts for economic growth to a 1.5% annual rate in the third-quarter and 1.4% in the fourth quarter, both down seven-tenths of a percentage point, largely due to the effect of the drought on farm output.

预测公司Macroeconomic Advisers上周将第三季度年化经济增长率预期下调至1.5%，将第四季度预期下调至1.4%，分别都降了0.7个百分点，理由主要是旱灾对农业产量的影响。

Some economists predict it could add as much as0.5 percentage points to the annual growth rate.

有经济学家预计他们将为台湾的年增长率增加多达0.5个百分点。

The empirical results show that economic fundamentals, such as market size, potential market size, ratio of transport and communication to GDP, annual interest rate, the percentage change in consumer prices have significant impact on aggregate FDI.

实证结果显示，经济基础变量，如市场规模和潜在的市场规模、交通通讯占GDP的比重、借贷利率、物价波动率是影响FDI的显著因素；

We want to lock in a good annual percentage rate and not worry about the rate going up.

我们想要定好年度百分率，那样就不用担心利率上升。

Coupon rate refers to the annual interest rate as a percentage of the par value of a bond.

息票率指债券的年利率，相当于债券面值的某个百分比。