英闻天下——425 Fitch Puts Cypriot Banks on Negative Watch
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Global ratings agency Fitch has put Cypriot banks on negative watch over the pending 1 vote about the controversial levy 2 on the country's bank depositors.
The Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank have all been included in that rating.
The German Finance Minister Wofgang Schaeuble says the unprecedented 3 levy is necessary to keep Cyprus from defaulting and to shield European taxpayers 4 from the Cyprus bailout.
But he also says the decision is in the hands of Cyprus themselves.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso however has noted 5 the situation is going down in Cyprus despite some progress in the European Union.
"Progress is been made in a number of countries to which are improving their current account balances, public deficits 6. But the crisis persists as we can see from the dire 7 growth prospects 8 and record levels in youth unemployment and also the most recent development concerning Cyprus."
The island country's government has postponed 9 a planned parliament vote concerning the deal and the Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekterremains positive of a deal.
"I am convinced that adjustments can be made and with regards to small savers the possibility of an adjustment is still there."
Banks and cash machines in Cyprus have remained closed in fear of mass withdrawals 10, while the country's Stock Exchange has announced the suspension of trading till Thursday.
The Cypriot government is now trying to modify the terms of the original plan and to get a better deal for small savers with less than 100-thousand euros.
For more on the situation in Cyprus, CRI's Paul James spoke 11 with Mark Hughes, executive business editor of China Daily.
prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
n.征收税或其他款项，征收额
- They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
- A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
adj.无前例的，新奇的
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
adj.著名的，知名的
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
n.希望，前途(恒为复数)
- There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
- They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
n.收回，取回，撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 )；撤退，撤走；收回[取回，撤回，撤退，撤走]的实例；推出（组织），提走（存款），戒除毒瘾，对说过的话收回，孤僻
- He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句