加息

jiāxī

verb

Meanings

1 to raise interest rates

Characters

to add; to increase

Examples

央行宣布加息25个基点。

Yāngháng xuānbù jiāxī èr shí wǔ gè jīdiǎn.

The central bank announced a 25 basis point rate hike.

市场担心美联储再次加息。

Shìchǎng dānxīn Měiliánchǔ zàicì jiāxī.

The market worries about another Fed rate hike.

Tips

usage

The antonym is 降息 (jiàngxī) — to cut rates. 加 (add) and 降 (lower) make the pair easy to remember. Both are standard monetary-policy vocabulary.

Stroke Order

加 jiā

息 xī