美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-27

Today we are starting with economics. When people want to see how a country'seconomy is doing, they can study different indicators, the stock market retail salesfor example. Two other indicators are government report, they comes out everymonth: the n

VOA标准英语2012--Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven

Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven Economists say trucks haul nearly 70 percent of the freight used in the United States. The American Trucking Association says freight is a measure of the economy, because manufacturers have to move ra

NPR 2011-06-18

There are more reports of indiscriminate killing by the autocratic regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Activists say security forces fired on thousands of protesters today, killing a teenage boy and at least 15 other civilians. The three-mont

CNN 2011-06-04

The start of new month, the start of new day. CNN student news. Hi, I'm Carl Azuz and I'm delivering you ten minutes of commercial free headlines. First up, we are talking about a new low for the price of homes in the United States during the first q

VOA标准英语2009年-Jobless Figures Add to US Economic Gloom

The U.S. economic gloom deepened Friday with word that the jobless rate soared to 8.1 percent last month, the highest level in 25 years. Crowds wait to apply for jobs outside the New York Department of Labor in the Bronx in New York, 06 Mar 2009 The

VOA慢速英语--美国和日本的利率维持不变

AS IT IS 2016-06-18 Central Banks in US, Japan Leave Interest Rates Unchanged 美国和日本的利率维持不变 Central banks in two of the worlds largest economies the United States and Japan -- left interest rates unchanged this week. In the Uni

voa标准英语2008年-World Markets, Oil Prices Decline Thursday

World markets were mostly lower amid further evidence of economic hardship in the United States and a slowing global economy. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. Traders at New York Stock Exchange, 20 Nov 2008 The number of Americans look

VOA标准英语10月-South Korean Markets, Currency Plunge on Eve of A

South Korea is among the nations taking part in this week's Asia-Europe summit in Beijing. Even as the country's president left for the Chinese capital, the latest set of plunging market numbers lit up trading screens in Seoul. As VOA's Kurt Achin r

经济学人65:日本准备提高消费税

Japans consumption tax 日本的消费税 Taxonomics 税收经济学 A crucial rise in a controversial levy may be in doubt 提高富有争议的税收引来质疑 Aug 3rd 2013 | TOKYO |From the print edition THE Japanese are among the worlds most re

经济学人:英国青少年 中规中矩的背后究竟是什么?

Britain Young people 英国的年轻人 The continent generation 节制的一代 Why young Britons have turned responsible 为什么英国年轻人变得有责任感了 I hope I die before I get oldso sang Roger Daltrey of The Who in 1965. A new conc

PBS高端访问:华尔街股市上涨的背后是什么?

HARI SREENIVASAN: Stock prices just keep going up and up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high yesterday, and so did a closely watched broader index, the Samp;P 500. To help explain what's behind the latest surge on Wall Street, w

VOA慢速英语20060922a

ECONOMICS REPORT - Housing Market Slows in U.S.By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, September 22, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, the United States Federal Reserve c

学个词Learn a Word 第1349期　signal

今天我们要学的词是signal。 Signal, 作为动词，意思是显示。 The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to the lowest level in nearly six months, signaling a slight improvement in the job market

证监会:中国股市交易风险已得到有效控制

Risks associated with margin trading that allow investors to borrow money for stock purchases are well under control, the capital market regulator said on Friday, soothing investors' nerves after the A-share market suffered its biggest monthly loss i

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

VOA双语新闻：美国经济状况的恶化对经济的影响

The U.S. economic gloom deepened Friday with word that the jobless rate soared to 8.1 percent last month, the highest level in 25 years. 美国失业率攀升到8.1%的消息在朝野各界引起剧烈震动。 There is no way to sugarcoat it - the l

Europe Faces More Negative Economic Indicators

The 17 eurozone nations are facing a new wave of negative economic indicators, a further signal that Europe's currency bloc is headed toward a recession. The European Commission said Friday that executive and consumer confidence dropped in December t

2015世界大学排名TOP20：亚洲仅2所上榜

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without rely

纪念首个“中国航天日”

Three new-generation BeiDou navigation satellites were launched last year, and 98 percent of the components were Chinese made. BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has been in operation since 2000, making China the third country with an autonomous nav-

幸福可以度量么

How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the