By George Dwyer Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Gold Prices report Last week the price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined by 7 and a half percent, the most since 1990. By Wednesday of this week it was down again: 13 percent off fr

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(五月)

Economics Report - Debt, Recession Worries Bring Volatility to World Markets 经济报道 - 债务和衰退担忧给全球市场带来震荡 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 A rollerco

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Financial markets continue to exhibit extreme volatility as investors assess the impact of government intervention in both the U.S. and European banking sectors. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Wall Street trader, 16 Oct 2008 This time stocks ended highe

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World Bank Urges Developing Countries to Brace for Long Term Volatility Emerging market economies may have weathered the 2008 financial crisis better than more advanced countries, but the World Bank warns -- it could happen again. Senior bank economi

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'My Week with Marilyn' Captures Icon's Volatility In the summer of 1956, Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe joined the equally iconic British actor, Laurence Olivier, to film The Prince and the Showgirl in London. My Week with Marilyn is based on Colin

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Bakken Crude Volatility, Rail Safety Scrutinized in Northern US WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA The U.S. department of transportation recently issued an emergency order requiring shippers of Bakken oil to ensure that the substance is properly classified prio

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The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has projected economic outlook for 2016 and 2017 at 3.2% and 3.5 % respectively. Maurice Obstfeld is the Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department of IMF. Global growth continues but at an increa

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The foreign-exchange market外汇市场Fixed rates固定汇率The money-spinners await their fate货币投机者只能等待赚钱的时机A CITY worker looking for a quiet place to nap nowadays could do worse than head for his bank's foreign-exchang

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The planned introduction of an index circuit breaker system would be similar to trading-curb triggers currently used on the markets in New York. It would help limit volatility by temporarily cutting off, or restricting, trading during intra-day perio

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China's regulators are taking fresh steps to try to quell volatility in the country's financial markets. 为了稳定金融市场波动,中国有关部门制定了新的政策。 Investors holding stakes of more than 5% are not allowed to sell shar

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Stock prices just keep going up and up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high yesterday, and so did a closely watched broader index, the Samp;P 500. To help explain what's behind the latest surge on Wall Street, w

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Less demand for pork after the festive season of China's traditional Lunar New Year usually causes a price dip, but this year the market has seen an unexpected surge in hog prices. Statistics show that the hog price is nearly 20 yuan per kilogram, a

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Chinese shares posted their biggest one-day fall in a month yesterday, with indices closing more than 6 per cent lower after a late sell-off. 中国股市昨天出现一个月来最大单日跌幅,在尾盘抛售之后,沪深股指收跌逾6%。

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今天我们要学的词是 volatility. Volatility 名词,意思是波动性。Analysts are warning of further market volatility following a roller-coaster ride last week. 经过上周一周的起伏跌荡,分析人士警告说,市场波动还会

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The worlds largest pension fund has blamed a $52bn quarterly investment loss on the UKs surprise Brexit vote in June to leave the European Union. 世界上最大的养老基金把其520亿美元的季度投资亏损归咎于6月份英国退欧公投出

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ROME, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2015-2016 on Wednesday, calling for a pragmatic approach that would align agricultural and tra

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Nothing makes individuals more willing to take risks than the sight of other people getting rich. 没有什么能比眼看着别人发财致富而让个人更愿意承担风险了。 But bitcoin is also different from ICOs. 但是,比特币也不同于

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Most Chinese consumers will continue to spend, this year despite slowing economic growth and market volatility, according to research by Boston Consulting Group. 根据波士顿咨询公司的一项调查显示,尽管今年的经济增长有所放缓

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WASHINGTON Tensions are rising in Ukraine even as assurances of international aid to stabilize the countrys battered economy have started pouring in. Despite the promise of financial help, the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has only deep

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The domestic Chinese market has been in meltdown over the last few weeks. First, the government moved to curb volatility by clamping down on short selling. 中国大陆市场在过去的几个星期正在逐渐萎靡。首先,政府开始抑制卖空

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