澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-05-05
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
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When markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE was up around 1%. And theDax in Germany,also doing very well at the end of the trading week, up 161points. And across the Atlantic, in the US, also finishing very positively 1. TheDow up 142 points.
And in currencies, the Aussie dollar is worth 103 US cents, 66pence and a dollar twenty Kiwi cents.
When employment has received a boost in the US with 165,000 new jobs created inApril. That's according to the latest US non-farm payrolls 2. It's upfrom the economists 3' predictions of around 145,000 jobs and these figuresmean the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in four yearsat 7.5%.
The European Union's latest economic forecast predicts the European recessionwill be worse than expected with unemployment remaining at recordlevels. The EU's economic and Monetary 4 Affairs commissioner 5 saysthe GDP in the 17 EU countries that use the Euro will shrink by 0.4% thisyear and unemployment across the Euro Zone is expected to hit anaverage of 12.2% this year.
adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
n.（公司员工的）工资名单( payroll的名词复数 )；（公司的）工资总支出，工薪总额
- Indices of employment, payrolls, and production steadied in February 1931931年2月，就业、工资额和生产指数稳定。 来自辞典例句
- Wall Street responded to the payrolls figures with gusto. 华尔街对就业数据作出了积极的反应。 来自互联网
n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。