N-COUNT 銀行(貸款)利率;(尤指國家中央銀行規定的)銀行貼現率,最低貸率 The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank. 銀行(貸款)利率;(尤指國家中央銀行規定的)銀行貼現率,最低貸率
...a sterling crisis that forced the bank rate up.