VOA慢速英语20061027b

ECONOMICS REPORT - Dollar Is World's Most Traded Currency. But Why?By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, October 27, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A listener in Manaus, Brazil, L

Business US Central Bank Holds Interest Rates Steady

Business US Central Bank Holds Interest Rates Steady Barry Wood The United States central bank, the Federal Reserve , Wednesday announced that it is holding short-term interest rates steady. The usual

Inflation expectation presses for rate hike

Inflation expectation presses for rate hike The possibility of an interest rates hike by China's central bank is imminent as inflationary pressure prolongs and a prudent monetary policy is in place, the China Securities Journal reported Friday. China

VOA标准英语2010年-India Raises Interest Rates to Control

India's Central bank has raised interest rates in a bid to battle high inflation. The economy is growing at a brisk pace, but rising prices remain a key concern. The latest interest rate hikes announced by the Central Bank are higher than expected. T

VOA标准英语2008年-US Central Bank Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

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

2006年VOA标准英语-Worries Over Inflation Send US Stocks Tumbling

By George Dwyer Washington, DC 09 June 2006 watch Inflation report Stock market analysts say worries over inflation and interest rates are behind the steep sell-offs seen on Wall Street this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Wednesday to i

VOA慢速英语 2007 0921a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A listener from Indonesia named Efendy asks why the Federal Reserve is so important and how it works. This week offered a good example. The Federal Reserve System is the United States central bank. I

美国央行提高利率四分之一厘

AS IT IS 2015-12-18 US Central Bank Raises Its Interest Rates 美国央行提高利率四分之一厘 The United States central bank has raised an important interest rate by one-fourth of 1 percent. The move may have been small, but it marks the firs

VOA标准英语2008年-India's Central Bank Hikes Interest Rates to Co

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

VOA标准英语2011--India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Economic Slowdown

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Economic Slowdown As India struggles with an economic slowdown, the central bank has decided to hold interest rates steady. A series of aggressive rate hikes in the last 18 months have been partly blamed for dam

新西兰英语 69 Inflation

New Zealand inflation is up by 5% for the year ending September 30th. This is the highest increase for 18 years, but Australia is reporting the same increase. The Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank has to keep inflation between 1% and 3% so thi

VOA慢速英语20060519a

ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Inflation Rises More Than Expected in AprilBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, May 19, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The cost to borrow mon

ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Interest Rates Expected to Rise at t

ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Interest Rates Expected to Rise at the End of June By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, June 18, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Financial

U.S. fixed mortgage rates continue to rise with stronger economic outlook

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates this week edged up for the third straight week following recently released stronger economic data, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The mortgag

ECB raises eurozone interest rates to 1.5%

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates to 1.5% from 1.25% in an attempt to cool inflation in the 17-nation eurozone. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said that inflation, now 2.7%, was likely to remain clearly above the ECB's 2% t

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

美联储鸽派 过早加息并不明智

The prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate rise this month receded further yesterday after a senior policymaker set out a series of arguments for not rushing into an increase. 美联储(Federal Reserve)本月加息的可能性昨日进一步减小

经济学人179:只要人民高兴

Gilts as a safe haven for investors 金边债券，投资者的安全港 Whatever floats your boat 只要人民高兴 Long-term interest rates are mercifully low, despite Britains huge budget deficit 英国预算赤字再高，低利率也会始终如一

经济学人:股市震荡:投资者们受一重击(2)

What explains the sudden turmoil? 何以解释这场突如其来的动荡呢? Perhaps investors had been used to good news for so long that they had become complacent. 也许，投资者已经习惯于好消息太久了，以致他们已经变得有些

这些经济热词你都懂吗？

Law of Supply Demand: This is the founding block of economics. Whenever supply of something increases its price decreases and whenever supply decreases price increases. Thus, when you have excess production of corn, food prices decrease and vice vers