Similarly the Christmas day rate rise sent copper down 0.7 per cent amid light global trading due to the holidays.
同样，去年圣诞节的加息也使铜价下跌了0.7%，当时由于假日原因，全球交投清淡。
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China, even after its Christmas day rate rise, still has a real rate of just 0.46 per cent, its lowest since June 2008.
即便在圣诞节加息之后，中国的实际利率仍只有0.46%，为2008年6月以来的最低水平。
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However, spending is expected to rise in the run-up to Christmas as tourists flock to snap up British gifts for family and friends that they can't get at home.