NPR 2010-06-28

World leaders meeting in Toronto appear to have reached consensus on the importance of cutting government deficits. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports they pledge today to reduce deficits in half by 2013. The leaders are meeting at a time when the global e

Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

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VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Economic, Fiscal Matters

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But that narrative is being challenged now 然而，这个故事现在遇到了挑战 because the continent has not been doing well in the last two years. 因为非洲大陆在过去两年内一直表现不佳。 It had been growing at five percent p

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Hopes were dashed this week for bold congressional action to slow the growth of Americas $15 trillion national debt. A special bipartisan committee failed to agree on ways to trim the deficit by $1.2 trillion. But if Congress has shown itself incapab

Obama: Lawmakers Need to Do Right Thing on Debt

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Signs of Compromise to Reduce US Deficit

With a deadline looming to cut Americas massive federal deficit, lawmakers of both parties appear to be softening rigid ideological stances in hopes of striking a bipartisan accord that would put the United States on a sounder fiscal path. Economists

UN Issues Dire Warning About World Economy

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development says the outlook for the world economy is very bleak. UNCTAD warns Europe is facing a full-fledged recession next year, and the best the United States and Japan can look forward to is a period of stagnatio

2007年VOA标准英语-US Official Calls for Tough Fiscal Decisions

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 September 2007 David Walker The United States is courting fiscal disaster unless it makes tough choices, according to David Walker, who heads the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Walker, the U.S. Comptroller Ge

House to Vote on Fiscal Cliff Deal

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and mandated spending cuts. The Republican-dominated House will take a straight up-or-down

Bill to Raise US Debt Ceiling Advances

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill tying an increase in the federal borrowing limit to deep spending cuts, limits on future spending, and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. The Republican-sponsored measu

America's deficit problem is more than fiscal: U.S. economist

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In End of inflation in the kingdom of Lizarb where everything is back to front he skewered the belief that rising prices cause fiscal deficits. 在Lizarb王国通货膨胀的终结一切都回到从前他坚持着物价上涨会导致财政赤字的看

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You can find bubbliness in bits of American finance, including the corporate-bond market, and some nasty off-balance-sheet liabilities like student loans and public-sector pensions, but America does not look like a source of imminent trouble. 你可以

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Still, this uneven adjustment in the euro area could explain why both demand and inflation, 欧元区内的这种不均匀调整还能够解释，为什么一旦能源和食物价格被排除在外， once energy and food prices are excluded, have be

经济学人:自由兑换:欧元区的经常账户盈余(3)

The current-account deficits in the euro zone's crisis countries were of the worrying kind. That they have shrunk or reversed is comforting. 欧元区危机国家的经常账户赤字是属于让人担心的那一种。他们的赤字已有收缩，趋

Greece Nears Debt Write-Off Goal

Greece is nearing its goal of getting the country's private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the country's debt to help it avoid a default on its financial obligations later this month. A government official told news agencies Thursday in Athens

Beijing lends a hand to Europe

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G8 Summit Ends with Consensus on Eurozone Reforms

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