EU to Discuss Strengthening Euro; Greeks Strike

EU to Discuss Strengthening Euro; Greeks Strike Members of the European Union are meeting in Brussels Thursday to discuss how to strengthen the ailing euro currency. Germany is expected to press for the EU to play a stronger role in the economies of

IMF: Europe's Problems Slow US Economic Recovery

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the tepid U.S. economic recovery could be hurt by two problems: Europe's economic troubles and U.S. political gridlock. Lagarde said the first one is clearly an exposure to potentia

Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Nigeria's Outlook

Credit rating agency Standard and Poors has revised Nigeria's economic outlook from stable to positive. In a statement, the rating agency says the Nigerian government, under President Goodluck Jonathan, has undertaken several important reform initiat

希腊公投否决援助方案 或退出欧元区

Greek voters have decisively rejected the terms of an international bailout. The final result in the referendum, published by the interior ministry, was 61.3% No, against 38.7% who voted Yes. 希腊选民断然否决了国际援助中的条款。希腊

European Protesters Decry Austerity Plan

Huge anti-austerity protests took place Saturday in Spain, Portugal and Italy while Greek voters prepare to have their say about the cost-cutting measures in a key vote Sunday. The largest confederation of Portuguese workers (the CGTP) organized a ra

人生最快乐的阶段 男人40女人38

You'd think the carefree days of childhood would rank as most people's happiest. 你可能还一直觉得无忧无虑的童年时代是大多数人的人生中最快乐的光阴。 But in fact men are happiest at 40 while women are most content at 38

2012金融英语考试口语之国际货币制度1

2012金融英语考试口语之国际货币制度1 The International Monetary Situation （1） 国际货币制度（一） Situation 4 情景 4 Mary Johnson ，an officer of the First National Bank， is discussingthe International Monetary System w

China's central bank keeps 3-month bill yield unchanged

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC), or the central bank（中央银行 ）, auctioned 50 billion yuan (7.61 billion U.S. dollars) of three-month bills at a yield of 2.7944 percent on Thursday, temporarily easing speculati

Eurozone Finance Chiefs Fall Short on Bailout Fund

European finance ministers have failed to raise $261 billion to help contain the continent's governmental debt crisis. Finance chiefs from the 17 nations that use the euro agreed Monday to raise $195 billion from eurozone central banks to help the In

CPI Figures Hits 6-percent in September

The China National Bureau of Statistics has released the CPI figures for September this morning. The country's inflation continued to ease from a 37-month high for a second month in September, despite the stubbornly high food prices. CRI's Shen Cheng

经济学人:周期轮回:下一场金融危机或被央行触发(2)

Debt is used to finance the purchase of assets, and the greater availability of credit pushes asset prices higher. 债务被用来资助资产购买，而且债务的可得性的增大也把资产价格推得更高。 From time to time, however, lend

经济学人:过剩学问:人们不会长久地持有货币(5)

But what if the sought-after thing was $100 itself? 但是，如果孜孜以求的是100美元自己呢？ What if people produced goods to obtain money, not merely as a transactional device to be swiftly exchanged for other things, but as a store of

U.S. stocks drop amid Fed meeting and Japan's disaster

NEW YORK, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped on Tuesday amid concern over Japan's nuclear disaster（灾难）, even though Fed said the economy recovery was on a firmer footing.The major indices on Tuesday were lost more than 1 percent. The Do

Dollar gains amid European concerns, upbeat U.S. job data

NEW YORK, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar climbed against major currencies this week as concerns about the European debt crisis again weighed on the euro and upbeat U.S. job data helped restore investors' confidence in the U.S. economy. The dolla

国际货币与金融委员会第28次会议公报

Communiqu of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Chaired by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Minister for Finance 国际货币与金融委员会第二十八次会议公报

专业术语-财务英语词汇I20

International Federation of Accountants 国际会计师联合会 International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners 国际破产管理同业联会 International Finance Corporation [IFC] 国际金融公

专业术语-财务英语词汇M18

monthly balance 月结 monthly balance sheet 月结表；月份资产负债表 Monthly Market Statistics 《市场统计月报》 monthly rated 按月计 monthly statement 月结单 Monthly Statistica

U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

中国无需大规模刺激维持增长

Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan says the growth targets China has set for the next five years can be realized without major economic stimulus. I personally think China will stick to the prudent monetary policy on condition that there is no globa

US Central Bank to Hold Interest Rates Low

The U.S. central bank says Americas economic recovery has slowed, and that near-zero interest rates are expected to remain in place for another year. The statement from Federal Reserve policymakers came after a U.S. credit rating downgrade and signif