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The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, on Wednesday cut short-term interest rates in an effort to boost the slowing economy. VOA's Barry Wood reports it was the eighth cut in the overnight federal funds rate in the past year. United States Fede

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

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not

VOA慢速英语2011--US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993

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中国再次降息以提振实体经济

China's central bank is cutting interest rates by 25 basis points as of today. One-year deposit rates are being slashed to 2.25 percent. The one-year lending rate is being set at 5.1-percent. It is the third rate cut by the central bank since Novembe

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Today, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, dropped the official cash rate by ? of 1 percent to 7.5%. This rate affects how much the banks have to pay to borrow money overnight from the Reserve Bank. If the banks pay less, they can drop

中国央行今年内第六次降息刺激经济

China's central bank cut interest rates on Friday for the sixth time in less than a year, and it again lowered the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves in a bid to jump start growth in its stuttering economy. 中国央行在本周五进行今

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SYDNEY, Feb.4 (Xinhua) -- The Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( CBA) is the first of Australia's big four banks to pass on the central bank's interest rate cut to home loan customers. The Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by 0.25 percent on

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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

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KIEV, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian National Bank (NBU) decided on Friday to reduce the key interest rate by 0.5 percentage point to 7.0 percent starting from June 10, the bank's press service said. This is the first time for the central bank to c

多数美国人认为经济在2014年会更好

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新西兰英语 139 Drop in Official Cash Rate

Today the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, lowered the official cash rate (OCR) to 2.5%. This is down 50 points from the 12th March. It is also a huge change from July last year when the OCR was at a high point of 8.25%. In July 2007, t

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New figures released by HM Revenue and Customs reveal those in the top 1 per cent of earners pay a quarter of all income tax. A quarter of all of Britain's income tax revenues this year will be paid by just one per cent of earners, according to offic

U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

美联储珍妮特耶伦9月份会加息吗

Janet Yellen will deliver the biggest shock to markets since taking over as chair of the Federal Reserve should the central bank raise interest rates this month, according to a survey of Wall Street economists that shows more than 85 per cent expect

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According to the Washington Post of September 26, Japan's government has been paying more attention to the nations fertility rate, which influences the country's economic development。 The coastal region of Fukui has Japan's biggest share of dual-in

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