NPR 2009-04-19

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says the US will vigorously raise to the Iranian government, the administration's concerns about the eight-year-prison sentence given to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi. She was convicted this week by a co

国际货币基金组织上调中国经济增长预期

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast of China's 2016 GDP growth by 0.1% to 6.6% last Tuesday. 国际货币基金组织上周二将其对中国2016年国内生产总值(GDP)增速的预期上调0.1%至6.6%。 In its latest update

经济学人06:世界经济 任重而道远

Finance and Economics；The world economy；Mountains to climb 财经；世界经济；任重而道远 August was a nerve-racking month for the world economy. September and October will be no better 对世界经济来说，八月是伤脑筋的一个月

今年全球发债6.6万亿美元创纪录

Global debt sales reached a record this year, led by companies gorging on cheap borrowing costs that are now threatened by Donald Trumps pledge to fire up the US economy. 今年全球债务发售达到了创纪录的水平，主要发债方是那些积

Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

The U.S. governments credit rating could be downgraded even further, according to the rating agency that removed the United States from a list of top-tier creditworthy nations. Standard and Poors judgement Days after Standard and Poors made headlines

中国的货币政策将更稳健

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Given the changes to its economy and financial market, China's monetary policy will maintain a certain degree of looseness in the coming months, but prudence will feature more prominently than last year. Positive signs a

TED演讲:非洲该怎样继续前进(3)

But that narrative is being challenged now 然而，这个故事现在遇到了挑战 because the continent has not been doing well in the last two years. 因为非洲大陆在过去两年内一直表现不佳。 It had been growing at five percent p

为推动移民制度改革,支持者集会于国会山

JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to an issue that had been expected to move through Congress this year, immigration reform, but which has instead become stalled.Ray Suarez has our report. RAY SUAREZ: Thousands of fans cheered on Los Tigres del Norte, in En

PBS高端访谈:底特律宣布破产

KWAME HOLMAN: Detroit declared bankruptcy today, the largest American city ever to do so. The city's state-appointed emergency manager made the filing with a federal judge. It would let him liquidate assets in a bid to pay off creditors and city pens

经济学人:欧元区 那种再次下沉的感觉

The euro zone 欧元区 That sinking feeling (again) 那种再次下沉的感觉 If Germany, France and Italy cannot find a way to refloat Europe's economy, the euro may yet be doomed 如果德国、法国和意大利找不到办法重振欧洲经济，

两会“强声”选登

With CPPCC members 与全国政协委员讨论 The premier responded to a report that Chinese tourists to Japan often buy toilet seat lids to bring home. He called for an open attitude to the trend and for the acceleration of the upgrading of the dom

美联储计划或主导G20峰会

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sluggish growth and spillovers of the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to scale back its economic stimulus are expected to feature prominently in discussions at the upcoming leaders' summit of Group of 20 or G20, said Russian o

ADB lowers China's 2012 growth prediction

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday lowered its prediction for China's economic growth to 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.5 percent in 2013, although a bank official said a hard landing is unlikely. The ADB made the re

奥地利政治家呼吁讨论欧盟的未来

VIENNA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and Vice-President of the European Parliament Othmar Karas called for a convention to discuss the future of the European Union (EU) Monday. The convention

强势美元 特朗普和耶伦的相同难题

Where there was discord, Donald Trump has remarkably brought harmony. 哪里有不和谐之处，唐纳德.特朗普(Donald Trump)便引人注目地带来了和谐。 He has brought peace between the markets and Janet Yellen, as traders at last appea

Japan: Disasters Slash Manufacturing

The Japanese government says the country's industrial production and consumer spending fell at their sharpest pace on record in March in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. In a report Thursday, the government said that productio

经济学人297:同性恋投票 公之于众

The gay vote 同性恋投票 Coming out 公之于众 The Conservative Party is winning over some gay voters 保守党争取到一些同性恋的投票 True pink 纯粉色 WHEN the Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, decided to champion same-s

经济学人307:苏格兰的民族情怀 烦心乱意

Scottish nationalism 苏格兰的民族情怀 Thistles and thorns 烦心乱意 What the Scottish National Party will try to do in Westminster 苏格兰民族党在议会中的举动意欲何在 WITH hardly a glimpse of tartan, Nicola Sturgeon, leader

这些经济热词你都懂吗？

Law of Supply Demand: This is the founding block of economics. Whenever supply of something increases its price decreases and whenever supply decreases price increases. Thus, when you have excess production of corn, food prices decrease and vice vers

实用金融英语词汇集锦

宏观经济的 macroeconomic 通货膨胀 inflation 破产 insolvency 有偿还债务能力的 solvent 合同 contract 汇率 exchange rate 紧缩信贷 tighten credit creation 私营部门 private sector 财政管理机构 fiscal authorities 宽松的