In the United States, the Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark interest rate ten times since August 2007, from 5.25% to a zone between zero and 0.25%, and has reduced the discount rate 12 times (by a total of 550 basis points since June 2006), to 0.75%.
En los Estados Unidos, la Reserva Federal ha bajado su tasa de interés de referencia (benchmark interest rate) diez veces desde agosto de 2007, de 5,25% a una zona de entre cero y 0,25%, y ha reducido la tasa de descuento 12 veces (un total de 550 puntos básicos desde junio 2006), a 0,75%.