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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Imagine that you want to buy a house but are not sure you could meet the monthly payments. Your credit history is considered subprime -- not good enough for the lowest interest rates available. But a

Will High Cost of Small Loans Hurt Cambodians?

The Cambodian government has ordered a limit on interest rates on small loans. The decision comes before local elections are set to take place in June. The 18 percent limit on the microfinance industry interest rates takes effect on April 1. Microfin

Some Colleges Ask for Part of Future Salary Instead of Loans

Young people graduating from colleges and universities in the United States face increasing amounts of debt. Some colleges however are now offering students another way to pay for their studies. They pay for a students education in return for a perce

VOA慢速英语2011--Greek Spending Cuts Clear Way for Loans

Economics Report - Greek Spending Cuts Clear Way for Loans 经济报道 - 希腊批准紧缩措施为获得救援贷款扫清道路 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Greece has approved

2006年VOA标准英语-India's Sacred Cows Become Tool of Corruption

By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 July 2006 Like many developing nations, India contends with endemic corruption. Even the management of one of India's most enduring symbols - the cow, which Hindus consider sacred - is rife with corruption and fraud. T

VOA标准英语2014--Pakistan's Bonded Laborers Trapped in Cycle of Debt 巴基斯坦契约劳工陷入债务圈套

Pakistan's Bonded Laborers Trapped in Cycle of Debt 巴基斯坦契约劳工陷入债务圈套 ISLAMABAD In Pakistan today, more than 2 million people, including children, work as bonded laborers, a system the United Nations describes as modern-day s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judge Sides With Residents Who Want Trump's Name Off Their NYC Building

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: If you drive on the West Side Highway in Manhattan, you cannot help but notice Trump Place looming over the skyline. It is one of several buildings in New York bearing Donald Trump's name. Well, tomorrow, residents will ask a

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Leader For Ireland's Sinn Fein, But Will It Be A New Era?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's a new era for Sinn Fein. That's the political party that has fought for a united, independent Ireland. Sinn Fein had close ties to the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland known as the T

美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Things To Listen For At The Hearing With Trump's HHS Nominee

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to one of Donald Trump's most politically important Cabinet picks. Georgia Congressman Tom Price goes before the Senate Health Committee today to make the case that he should be the next secretary of Health and Human Services

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The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa

Basketball coach confirmed involvement in S. Korea's match fixing

SEOUL, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Prosecutors in Euijeongbu, north of Seoul, confirmed star coach Kang Dong-hee's involvement in match fixing after 12 hours interrogation over fixing allegations on Friday. Prosecutors prepared to seek an arrest warrant for

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China's new loans surge in June, raising inflation concerns

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated loans surged in June as the government moved to buoy the slowing economy, raising concerns that fast credit growth will push up inflation. June's new yuan-denominated loans rose by 285.9 billi

VOA标准英语2010年-Group Provides Small Loans to Low Inco

Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es

New Eurozone Focus: Spain's Debt, Economy

The debt-ridden Spanish government and the country's troubled economy are the newest face of the European debt crisis. Stock markets across Asia, Europe and the United States plunged on Monday on fears that Madrid will need an international bailout a

Wenzhou's small firms still struggle to obtain loans

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Medium- and small-sized enterprises in Wenzhou are finding bank loans increasingly hard to obtain as the city's banks face a rising non-performing loan (NPL) ratio. The NPL ratio of the banking industry in the east China c

CCTV9英语新闻：China's finance minister explains economic, fiscal policies

Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has briefed the media on China's economic and fiscal policies. Lou said China plans to raise deficit-to-GDP ratio to 3 percent this year. This is to help prevent economic growth from falling rapidly and facilitate structura

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

The Internet is linking entrepreneurs in the developing world with investors in industrial nations through sites that broker small people-to-people loans. These so-called microloans go to family-owned businesses in Africa, Asia and other areas. A $2

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial institutions stepped up lending to the real estate sector in the third quarter as the result of a warming market, statistics from the central bank showed Monday. Fi

IMF Gets Hundreds of Billions More for Emergency Loans

Nations around the world are pledging more money for emergency loans to help member nations of the International Monetary Fund cope with any new economic crisis. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the me