VOA标准英语2008年-Asia Stocks Fall on US Financial Concerns
时间：2019-02-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
Fears over the extent of U.S. financial woes 1 have rattled 2 Asian markets, despite U.S. government attempts to shore up investor 3 confidence. Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong.
Woman walks by electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo, 15 Jul 2008, as Japanese shares fell sharply
Stocks in Asia fell sharply Tuesday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plummeted 4 nearly four percent, while Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell two percent to its lowest level in more than three months.
Across Asia, analysts 5 say investors 6 dumped shares, worried about the health of the U.S. financial sector 7 and its effect on Asian companies.
Kingston Lin, associate director at Prudential Brokerage in Hong Kong, says the U.S. government's move to help troubled mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed to dispel 8 those fears.
"It's useless, because the confidence is not coming back. So I think the market will continue to drop," he said.
The two lenders hold or guarantee about half the outstanding mortgages in the United States.
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury 9 Department promised short-term funding and other aid Sunday.
Shares in Asian banks were big decliners Tuesday, as investors feared possible exposure to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debt.
Japan's biggest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group, both dropped about five percent. Japanese media reported that the two banks hold significant amounts of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bonds.
Shares in China's biggest bank, ICBC, also declined more than five percent.
Taiwan's weighted index closed four and a half percent lower to a 22-month low. Taiwan financial institutions hold an estimated $23 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds.
South Korea's KOSPI fell 3.2 percent, to its lowest close in 15 months.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Department Secretary Henry Paulson are to testify before Congress Tuesday on the current financial turmoil 10.
- Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
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- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
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