VOA标准英语2009年-Russian Economy Declines Faster Than Expec
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(五月)
President Dmitri Medvedev says Russia's economy is declining more than expected, resulting in the country's first federal budget deficit 1 in ten years. Mr. Medvedev is also warning the government not to plan on higher prices for oil and other Russian natural resources.
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Moscow's Kremlin, 25 May 2009
Mr. Medvedev told a meeting of government ministers in Moscow the global economic crisis has caused a sharp decline in Russian federal revenues.
The Kremlin leader says expenditures 2 will exceed revenues for the first time in ten years, creating a budget deficit of no less than seven percent of the country's gross domestic product. He notes that is an optimistic figure.
Economic figures recently released by the Russian Federal Statistics Service show the GDP declined in the first quarter of this year by 9.5 percent. The Economic Development Ministry 3 had initially 4 predicted a 2.2 percent drop.
The Russian national budget relies heavily on taxes from the sale of oil and other natural resources, and oil prices have dropped sharply over the past year. Mr. Medvedev says the government's economic planning should not necessarily count on a return to higher prices.
The Russian president says budget plans should be based on conservative estimates of future prices for raw materials. He notes prices could, of course, be higher, which would be better for Russia, but warns the government does not have the right to risk the budget on the possibility.
Unemployment in Russia hit 10.2 percent at the end of April, and industrial production fell nearly 17 percent.
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了，下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。