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ECONOMICS 1 REPORT - The Falling Value of the Dollar
By Mario Ritter


Broadcast: Friday, January 02, 2004


This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.


The falling value of the dollar has become a major story in international finance 2. The value of a country's money is often thought to show the strength of its economy. But experts say this is not always the case. Changes in the value of currency help some parts of the economy and hurt others.


When people go to foreign countries, they have direct experience with the exchange rate of money. International travelers must use their own money to buy the currency of the country they are visiting. For example, Americans on holiday in a foreign country can buy more currency when the dollar has a high exchange value.


So a high exchange value is good for vacationers. It is not so good for exporting. A strong dollar means that American exports are more costly 3. Other countries are less likely to import products from the United States because they are too costly. American agricultural goods, computers and airplanes all are more costly on the world market when the dollar is strong.


However, sellers 4 of foreign goods within the United States are helped by a strong dollar. A strong dollar means that American companies can buy more with the same amount of money. They can sell goods at a low price in the United States and still make a profit.


This means that Americans can buy more. Low prices increase demand for foreign goods in the United States. American companies and individuals then continue to buy less costly foreign goods. This helps to increase the American trade deficit 5.


A weak dollar helps American companies that do business overseas. For example, the American computer industry gains because its products are less costly to foreign buyers. Financial magazines report that technology companies like Intel and Microsoft have increased profits because of the weak dollar. Increased trade helps reduce the American trade deficit.


The United States Commerce 6 Department keeps information on America's imports and exports. Information on the third quarter of two-thousand-three shows that America's trade deficit did fall. American exporters should gain the most from the falling dollar. But, the affect of the weakening 7 dollar on the United States trade deficit remains 8 to be seen.


This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. This is Steve Ember.



1 economics
n.经济学,经济情况
  • He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学,该学科是很重要的。
  • One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。
2 finance
n.财务管理,财政,金融,财源,资金
  • She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
  • A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。
3 costly
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
4 sellers
n.卖者( seller的名词复数 );卖方;销售者;销售商
  • buyers and sellers transacting business 进行交易的买方和卖方
  • All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 deficit
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • 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。
6 commerce
n.商业,贸易;社交
  • Commerce binds the two countries together.贸易把这两国结合在一起。
  • They drew up plans aimed at expanding commerce.他们拟定了发展商业的计划。
7 weakening
v.(使)削弱, (使)变弱( weaken的现在分词 );消震
  • The currency of that country is weakening on foreign exchanges. 那个国家的货币在外汇市场上疲软。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Bad and irregular eating was weakening every function of his body. 吃得又差又没有规律,使他身体的每一个官能都在衰退。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
8 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery
Ailanthus fordii
alpenroses
antiberiberi factors
archi-
authenticated calibration
bank-depositor relations
bat back and forth
biological therapy
brake component
cavalrymen
Charlton Kings
cleartext-ciphertext expansion
consolidate data set
controller institute of america
differential gear transmission
discursative
dissection of radial artery
dollishness
donnay's law
Egocort
Eikeloh
end-cell rectifier
excursion fare
fachoes
fit to page
frothy sputum
fundamental digraph
give a child the breast
glycochemists
gordans
groone
half-wave amplifier
hargreavess
head light switch
Hell-Bourg
homelife
hop-hornbeam
hot wire coil
hydraulicked
initial delay position
inner flue (internal flue)
intraatrial
irradiation inspection tube
isogametangic
jaymie
laspeyres price index
level haulageway
locally best invariant
logical channel number
man-shift quota
Mannagettaea
mesentery proper
microcellular structure
mutational blastoma
naperian logarithm
nixa
no payment
nontask
offshore location
oryza schlechteri
performance analysis and reporting system
phthalic acid ester
pipe-dreaming
pleading
porpentines
Processus intrajugularis
psychosomatic illness
put sb on his mettle
RAN2A
rate of attrition
RBECS
red cross telegram
relative spectral responsivity
remote power feeding
reseed
Roland I.
sea ice disaster
Sedum lutzii
Senanga
solenaria
steering wheel spindle
structure design specification
svaldi
Tanigaki
tension ball
to ... dismay
trunk dialing
tubular pump-turbine
unconditional equality
usably
vastus intermedius
version number
weld inspection
working lifetime
wrette
X-moment
yellow salt
Zizipheae