3. 加價,加息：basis point 基點 | hike 加價,加息 | tightening 緊縮
hike詞典解釋
1. 遠足;（尤指）徒步旅行 A hike is a long walk in the country, especially one that you go on for pleasure.
2. 遠足;徒步旅行 If you hike, you go for a long walk in the country.
e.g. You could hike through the Fish River Canyon... 你可以徒步穿越魚河峽谷。 e.g. We plan to hike the Samaria Gorge. 我們計劃去撒馬利亞峽谷遠足。
hiking ...some harder, more strenuous hiking on cliff pathways. 沿著懸崖峭壁上的羊腸小路前行的更艱難費力的徒步旅行 ...heavy hiking boots. 沉重的登山靴
3. （價格、比率、稅率或數量的）突然上漲,大幅上升 A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities.
e.g. ...a sudden 1.75 per cent hike in Italian interest rates... 意大利利率1.75%的突然上浮 e.g. His economic plan, with its tax hikes and spending cuts, will slow the economy. 他通過采取上調稅率和削減支出等經濟計劃,將會使經濟發展放慢速度。
4. 使（價格、比率、稅率或數量）突然上升，大幅提高 To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount.
e.g. It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent... 它目前已經被迫將利率提高了5.25%。 e.g. TSB's monthly credit card rate is now hiked from 1.95% to 2.05%... TSB銀行的信用卡月利率現在從1.95%提高到了2.05%。