澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-11-06

US President Barack Obama has cautiously praised the country's latest jobs figures. The unemployment rate remained steady at 9.6 per cent in October, but the government says 151,000 positions were created. The jobless rate matched the expectations, b

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-09

The ASX says it must consolidate with other stock exchanges after the Federal Government rejected its deal with Singapore. The treasurer, Wayne Swan, rejected the proposed 8-million-dollar merger of the two. He says protecting jobs was a key reason f

VOA双语新闻 - 中国加息引起市场震荡

Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan fell and the U.S. dollar rose a day after China raised interest rates for the first time since December 2007. Economists interpret the move as a sign that authorities are taking a more aggressive stance against inflation

英闻天下——527 Property Market Still Hot Despite New Curbing Policies

The 2013 Beijing Property Expo is the first property exhibition to take place following the central government's introduction of a policy designed to curb the over-heated real estate market in April. Huang Xu is in his 30s. He is a supervisor at an i

VOA标准英语2008年-Asian Stock Markets Rebound After US Rate Cut

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 23 January 2008 Asian stocks recouped some of their steep losses of the past two days after market confidence received a shot in the arm from the U.S. Federal Reserve. But as VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, stock an

VOA标准英语2010年-Asian Markets Mixed After Surprise Chi

Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan fell and the U.S. dollar rose a day after China raised interest rates for the first time since December 2007. Economists interpret the move as a sign that authorities are taking a more aggressive stance against inflation

VOA标准英语2015--Prospects Grow for Earlier Fed Rate Hike as US Adds Jobs

Prospects Grow for Earlier Fed Rate Hike as US Adds Jobs WASHINGTON A big pickup in job growth in May: the U.S. economy adding 280,000 jobs last month. But the unemployment rate also ticked higher to 5.5 percent as more Americans polished up their re

IMF建议白俄罗斯减少经济美元化

MINSK, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Belarus to reduce dollarization of the economy and adhere to a flexible exchange rate policy. The IMF emphasized the importance of maintaining exchange rate flexibility

英闻天下——41 Expert Interprets China's Property Market in 2013

Runaway real estate prices in China have been a significant source of public complaint in recent years. To curb the soaring housing prices, the government has implemented a string of policies since early 2010. However, the property market has shown s

英闻天下——31 Property Market Booms at the End of 2012

In contrast to sluggish home sales in many large cities at the beginning of 2012, the final weeks of 2012 seems to be a feast for the property market. In Shanghai and Shenzhen, developers claim that their properties are sold out as soon as the bookin

More Cities Likely to Curb Car Purchases

New statistics are suggesting car sales and output in China have gained strong momentum in the first half of the year. However, eight more cities are likely to announce restrictive policies on purchasing cars this year, which could see domestic car b

Fine signals zero-tolerance towards foreign cartels

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, China has fined overseas companies for price-fixing on the mainland, which is a strong signal that the country will not tolerate foreign cartels any more and is committed to maintaining market disciplin

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Eurozone unemployment has hit a record 11-point-6 percent, raising fears of a continuing economic slowdown. As Jack Barton reports, the new data is prompting some analysts to speculate that the region may have already slipped into another recession.

French 2010 jobless rate stable at 9.9%

PARIS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- French jobless rate（失业率） will stay stable at 9.9 percent for 2010, the highest level in a decade（十年）, according to a report published Wednesday by the national statistics bureau Insee. In the short-term an

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Slow Growth

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Monday in a bid to curb inflation, despite pressure to cut rates to spur lagging economic growth. The Reserve Bank kept the rate at 8 percent, and the cash reserve rate for banks at 4.75 percent. The

人民币对美元5月贬值1.6%

Chinas currency suffered its biggest monthly depreciation since its devaluation last August as the central bank denied claims that it had abandoned market-orientated exchange rate reform. 人民币出现自去年8月贬值以来最大单月跌幅，与

Stricter measures issued to cool China's property market

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Amid expectations of rising housing prices, China's central government on Friday rolled out specific rules to further tighten control of the property market. The government said in an online notice that homeowners who sel

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The housing market 房市 Cool it 该降温了 Property prices are rising swiftly. The Bank of England may intervene 房价一路攀登，英格兰银行可能插手 BRITAIN'S housing market is like food in a microwave, says Spencer Dale, the chief e

Developing Asian Economies Remain Strong

Developing Asian economies will continue to grow strongly this year but will face the risk of surging prices, says the Asian Development Banks annual economic outlook released Wednesday. The bank lauded Chinas recent interest rate hike as an appropri

2016年CRI NDRC Defies Speculation of RMB Exchange Rate Volatility

A senior official with the National Development and Reform commission stresses that cross-border capital flow is changing within a reasonable range. Zhao Chenxin says the RMB exchange rate against a basket of currencies generally remained stable and