With an official interestrate of 0.1%-which the bank left unchanged at its meeting on friday-it has little scope to do much more through conventional means.
日行在周五的会议中表示将保持0.1%的官方利率不变，然而这些传统的方式已经很难发挥更大的作用了。
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Lending institutions often charge interest on subprime mortgages at a rate that is higher than a conventional mortgage in order to compensate themselves for carrying more risk.