VOA慢速英语2011--Economic News in 2011

Economics Report - Economic News in 2011 经济报道 - 2011年全球经济要闻回顾 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 This week, we look back on a few of the big economic stories of

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-16

G20 finance ministers are meeting for two days of talks in Paris. Largely focused on the eurozone debt crisis. Greece is still in spotlight. But there are growing fears the crosses will spread to other indebted countries, such as Spain and Italy. The

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国信用评级下调比债务违约风险更大

The Chicago Board of Trade is the world's oldest futures and options exchange. There, commodities and other financial instruments are traded daily. As the clock ticks towards a deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, traders believe a default on tha

CNN 2011-04-22

Bringing you todays commercial-free headlines from around the globe, this is CNN Student News. Hi, everyone, I am Carl Azuz, getting things started on this Tuesday, April 19th. We've been talking about some of the economic debates involving President

银行英语情景口语 第108期:公司信贷业务 综合授信(4)

A: Good afternoon, how can I be of service today? 下午好，今天我如何为您效劳？ B: My company wants to become involved in your Comprehensive Credit Granting. We are a very young company and I'm not at all sure if we meet your credit requ

Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

The U.S. governments credit rating could be downgraded even further, according to the rating agency that removed the United States from a list of top-tier creditworthy nations. Standard and Poors judgement Days after Standard and Poors made headlines

CNN 2011-08-16

Standing outside CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, my name is Carl Azuz, and I welcome you to CNN Student News, kicking off its 2011-2012 school year! First Up: The Downgrade Every day on CNN Student News, we bring headlines from around t

每日一词【771】approval rating：支持率

今天我们要学的词是approval rating。 Approval rating是支持率的意思。Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's approval rating fell to 20%, 日本执政党自民党的民众支持率滑落到20%。 A new survey shows that President Ob

VOA慢速英语2011--Debt, Recession Worries Bring Volatility

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

VOA标准英语2011--Moody's Threatens Downgrade of France's Triple A Rating

Moody's Threatens Downgrade of France's Triple A Rating The Moody's ratings agency warns that France's credit rating could be downgraded in the next three months if the nation's budget is stretched further by bank bailouts to help other debt-heavy eu

学个词Learn a Word 第1324期 volatile

今天我们要学的词是volatile。 Volatile, 不稳定的，动荡的。 Wall Street ended a volatile week of trading, 华尔街股票交易结束了动荡的一周。 With Europe's debt crisis and America's debt rating downgraded, global stock m

Markets Plunge; S&P, US Spar Over Rating Cut

Global financial markets continue to drop sharply in reaction to an unprecedented downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating and lingering concerns about European debt problems and global economic growth. In early Asia trading Tuesday, Japan's

Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating

LONDON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The rating agency Moody's on Friday cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece to the lowest level, saying the country's default risk was high. Moody's downgraded Greece long term sovereign credit rating from Ca to

S&P Downgrades French Credit Rating

Standard Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy. SP's downgrade of France's credit rating has been expected for weeks. F

新西兰英语 516 Credit Rating Downgrade

Two rating agencies, Standard and Poors (S P) and Fitch downgraded New Zealands credit rating from AA+ to AA. This is the first downgrade in 13 years. A credit rating gives some idea of whether the economy is stable and whether the government can pay

专业术语-财务英语词汇P21

prior bill of sale 居先卖据 prior equitable interest 优先的衡平法权益 prior interest 优先权益 prior life interest 优先终身权益 prior transaction 优先交易 prior trustee 前任受

S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time

The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

National Debts Can Threaten Economic Growth

Efforts to slash national debts are at the heart of fierce debates in United States and protests in other nations. In some cases, these government debts are bigger than the entire economic output of the nation for a year. Debt problems can slow econo

US Faces Possible Credit Rating Downgrade

U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the countrys borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort aimed at averting a possible default on the countrys