offshore interest

基本解釋

Offshore accounts offered puny rates of interest because banks could do so little with the money.
境外賬戶的利率小的可憐，因爲(wèi)銀行拿這些人民幣一點(diǎn)用都沒有。
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Still, the market potential for wind power is very big, partly because there's a lot of interest in going offshore as the space on land runs out.
高說，“不過，風(fēng)力發(fā)電的市場潛力非常巨大，其部分原因是由於陸地空間耗盡使人們對海洋産生了很大的興趣。”
Offshore accounts offered puny rates of interest because banks could do so little with the money. But as deposits have grown (see chart), so has the number of firms seeking to tap them.
大陸之外的賬戶所提供的利率根本就是微不足道的因爲(wèi)銀行對這些錢竝沒有做太多的利用，但是隨著存款的增長，這已經(jīng)使公司的數(shù)量急劇上陞。

Ratings agencies, which Mr.Fillon said helped fuel the crisis, must adopt rules for dealing with conflicts of interest and offshore banking centers, which often allow clients to evade paying taxes in their home countries, need to be vigorously regulated.

However we expect things to be much better on the offshore front this quarter as the firm has bagged new contracts in the region and firm oil prices have stimulated interest in offshore drilling.
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