时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年


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 And the markets seem to be taking the US government shutdown in their stride. 


 
HSBC's chief economist 1 Paul Bloxham says there is optimism that things will get back to normal soon.
 
“I think the story here is essentially(口误). The market is saying that the government's shutdown, ah, they think that the Republicans at some point will probably have to back down and the...the ..they will actually get through the debt ceiling issue. And of course, at the same time, the markets are probably thinking the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be tapering 2 any time soon. So I think that’s probably what’s lifted the market a little bit.”
 
Australia's Reserve Bank is now in wait-and-see mode after leaving the official interest rate steady at 2.5 per cent. The low rate is pushing up average capital city home prices, but analysts 3 say other parts of the economy are still subdued 4.
 
RBA governor Glen Steven says current monetary 5 policy remains 6 appropriate for now. 
 
Let’s go to the markets.
 
The Dow closed 62 points higher. The Nasdaq is 47 points up. The S&P 500 is 13 points up higher. London’s FTSE was steady at the close. 
 
To commodity prices. 
 
West Texas Crude is at 102 US dollars a barrel. Ta...Tapis Crude is at 116 US dollars a barrel. Gold is 1288 US dollars an ounce.
 
Australian dollar is buying 94 US cents, 69 Euro cents, and 58 pence sterling 7.

n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
adj.尖端细的
  • Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
  • Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑)
  • Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率?
  • Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺,这有助于减轻通胀压力。
学英语单词
after capstan
Anodendron affine
anteroconid
bailing well
balance chamber
bloches
Bohm, David
budde's process
business-writing
canned fruit jelly
carbon dioxide factor
carbonic therapy
compact COBOL
Cormelian
cosmic ecology
cotton rush
data system tester
datival
dinergate
displacement deviation scanning
drew in
dry dockin'
eatche
economic networks
electron mirror microscope
exact-point symbology
foliature
free-flight angle
frequency shift voice frequency telegraph
frequency-shif telemeter
fulvius
furlike
gangren
gasified pattern
giga-metre
gmm
hand-made brick
high-Btu oil-gas process
home-meal replacement
in service maintenance
indicator of divergence
introversively
isopycnosis, isopyknosis
issacson
Krasnosel'skaya
launch-control computer
long-form floating point
marbels
migration theory
miter valve
multicomponent catalyst
neomacarbomycin
netid
neurotypes
Odontoceta
offputtingly
overspecifying
P-loop
Pachyma Compound Digestive Tonic Pill
pataphysicians
persulcatus ixodes
pet robot
pigtail
pinchcocks
pomiane
prettyish
ratchet winding wheel
rotundifoline
salay
salt bath nitrocarburizing medium
Sambin
saprolitic weathering
senso-
sislsls-s
slack salted
sleddings
sodium chlorit
Somerset West
splicesome
step change
stomp on
straightrolling
super-consistent
the departed saint
the lion s mouth
thicknessing mould
thiophos
Tishrei
titanium(i) nitrate
trait theory of leadership
turnix
ultra portable
unofficial rate of exchange
unpacker
vacuolar membrane
VLregion
voelkel
voicewriters
warmhearted
wilning
zarathustrian
zirconic anhydride