AZUZ: The U.S. Federal Reserve has just raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point. Let's explain that. The Fed is the central bank of the United States and it can influence the U.S. economy. It wants that economy to grow but not

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年12月

Rising prices could cause cheap imports from China to become more expensive and this comes as Chinas commerce ministry admits that a slowdown in the US could spark a drop in Chinese exports and mark a turning point for Chinas economic growth. Shoppe

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China has lifted reserve requirements for commercial banks by 50 basis points in an effort to slow the economy. The latest exports and imports data show China imported 38 per cent more in November than a year earlier while exports were up by 35 per c

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A benign inflation reading has most economists now expecting the Reserve Bank will cut the cash rate by 50 basis points by the middle of this year. Inflation rose just 0.1 per cent for the March quarter, and the annual rate is now well below the Rese

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 March 2008 Vietnam's financial markets have had a tumultuous year. The once high-flying stock market has fallen more than 30 percent, since January 1, and inflation has ballooned. A major investors' conference was schedule

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

By Phil Mercer Sydney 04 March 2008 A rate increase by Australia's central bank is putting a heavy burden on many of the nation's homeowners. Rates have been increased to more than seven percent, in a move aimed at curbing rising inflation.Phil Merce

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1. Pakistan's leader says a man said to be Al-Qaida's operational commander has been killed in a blast in that country's lawless tribal areas. 2. Northeast of Baghdad, insurgents ambush Iraqi troops w

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After steadily cutting interest rates for much of the past year, the U.S. central bank has decided to keep them unchanged, while signaling concerns about inflation that could trigger interest rate hikes in the future. VOA's Michael Bowman reports fr

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

Economics Report - Two American Professors Win Nobel for Studies on Effects of Economic Policy 经济报道 - 两名美国教授因研究经济政策的影响获得诺贝尔奖 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速

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India's Central bank has hiked interest rates in a bid to tackle inflation which is at its highest rate in over a decade. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are fears the measure will slowdown growth in one of the world's fastest g

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Major European markets opened moderately higher, following the lead of Asian markets that posted solid gains. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has details. German stock trader makes phone call in Frankfurt European markets posted modest increases as in

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China's economic growth remained strong in the third quarter, though the pace slowed from earlier this year. The government's primary concern - inflation - edged slightly higher, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains buoyant and has n

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The Asian Development Bank predicts that developing economies in Asia will see slower growth and rising inflation in the coming year. The bank says high oil and food prices and a prolonged slowdown in industrial countries are casting a shadow on the

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India's economy grew by nine percent last year making it the world's fastest-growing major economy after China. But the news is not all good. There are worries that high crude oil prices and runaway inflation will slow down growth. 印度经济去年增

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年6月

Chinas latest inflation figures just released by the National Bureau of Statistics are at a seven month low. Decembers inflation came in at 2.5 percent compared with the same month last year. And with that number Chinas inflation rate for all of 2013

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The growth of CPI, a main gauge of inflation, slightly slowed in November. It grew 3 percent year on year, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October. Food prices, especially that of vegetables, were the main driver. Last month, food prices jumped

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Rising inflation is putting pressure on governments all over Asia, as angry citizens protest spiraling food and fuel costs and politicians bicker over how to handle new fiscal constraints. 日益增长的通货膨胀以及民众针对不断攀升的食

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今天我们要学的词是normalize。 Normalize, 意思是正常化。两个宿敌国家印度和巴基斯坦最近关系有所缓和。 India and Pakistan have agreed to fully normalize trade, signifying a thaw in relations between the two rivals,

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索马里首都汽车爆炸300人死亡,恐怖组织何时消亡? Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi. Coming up: --Chinas father of hybrid rice sets record on average yield --Trump

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Topics: Minimum wage; cyber crime; I will want to versus I would want to; except for; conversely Words: wages subject to indexed to inflation consumer price index opponent to nickel and dime cyber to hack identity theft copyright infringement handle

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