澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-13
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
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All of Australia's big four banks have failed to pass on this month's Reserve Bank's interest rate cutting full, the ANZ bank was the last to make decision announcing it would cut interest rates on variable home loans by 37 basis points, that's less than the 50 basis point rates cut by the Reserve Bank, the move brings ANZ's rate on variable home loans to 7.05%.
The European Union has confirmed its economy would shrink this year, just 6 months ago, the European Commission was expecting growth of 9.5% for the Euro Zone economy, but Europe's continuing debt crisis has prompted the commission to publish a more pessimistic forecast, it now expects the economy to shrink this year before returning to growth in 2013, 17 countries used the Euro Zone currency.
And Spain will force its banks to set up a new 39-billion-dollar financial cushion, and remove risky 1, property assets from their accounts, the government also ordered an independent audit 2 on loans in property assets across the entire banking 3 sector 4, the banks now have until the end of the year to move their property holdings into assets management firms for a fire sale, the Spain's troubled banks currently have well over 200 billion dollars in property loan of assets.
1 risky
adj.有风险的，冒险的
- It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
- He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
2 audit
v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听
- Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
- As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。