希腊经济在资本管制下挣扎-英语课

时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

英语课

　　ATHENS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Ever since bank closures and capital controls began in Greece on June 29, Greek businesses have been facing extremely tough times and have reported 1.2 billion euros (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) of losses in two weeks, according to industry estimates.

　　The Greek market is suffocating 1 with a significant percentage of personnel on mandatory 2 leave and payments and supplies on hold due to liquidity 3 problems, experts told Xinhua Friday.
　　According to Vasilis Korkidis, head of the National Confederation of the Hellenic Commerce, there are no closures of businesses or mass layoffs 4 recorded yet.
　　However, the question raised is with bank withdrawals 5 limited to 60 euros per day, how can businesses be sustained?
　　News Analysis: Greek economy, businesses struggling under capital control
　　"Greek businesses have come up against a severe situation that can be overturned if we have a deal with international creditors 6 on Sunday," Korkidis told Xinhua.
　　Until then imports, exports, the operation of factories, small businesses and transports, are frozen. The capital controls forbid money transfers abroad, except by permission from a special committee of the Ministry 7 of Finance.
　　"The Greek economy has suffered losses worth 1.2 billion euros since the introduction of capital controls," Korkidis said. "The only sectors 8 in demand are food and fuel."
　　The use of e-banking 9 in order to pay suppliers abroad and to deliver orders could be a short term solution, he suggested.
　　The tourism industry, a key pillar of the Greek economy, has been hit as well after the dramatic developments of the last few days.
　　"Reservations from large foreign tour operators that were made months ago have not been influenced, but there is a 30 percent of cancellations in the last minute bookings," Alexandros Lamnidis, general manager of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, told Xinhua.
　　Before the announcement of the referendum, reservations had been up 3 percent over the same time last year up to June 26, he added.
　　"The main problem is the shortage of cash liquidity in the market. Small businesses, which represent 80 percent of the market in Greece, suffer the most, as they do not use the web banking system and depend on cash," Lamnidis noted 10.
　　Supermarket chains and the food industry in Greece have also been hit with concerns over shortages of fresh meat, fish and dairy products if the situation does not normalize.
　　Even if there is a deal reached over Greek debt this weekend, experts warn more than two months will be needed in order for the economy to return to stability.

1 suffocating

a.使人窒息的

After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

2 mandatory

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

3 liquidity

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

4 layoffs

临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 )；停工，停止活动

Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌

5 withdrawals

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