Sometime during the next several weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling so that the United States can continue to borrow money to cover a national debt that will soon soar past $14 trillion. The debate ov

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(23) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年4月

A: Hello, there. How can I help? 您好。我如何为您效劳? B: Hello. I,m hoping to buy some Treasury Certificates today.Are they available? 你好。我今天想买些国债。这里有国債卖吗? A: Certainly, Visible Treasury Certific

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202. The National Debt. 202.国债 The National Debt was the price of independence. 国债是独立所付出的代价。 During the war Congress had been too poor to pay gold and silver for what it needed to carry on the war. 在战争期间国会太

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今天我们要学的词是default。 Default, 意思是违约,特别指拖欠债务。美国政府和国会参众两院目前正在紧张讨论提高国债上限的问题。 If Congress does not approve an increase in the debt ceiling within a wee

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President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first step toward fiscal responsibility. 美国总统

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Finance and economics: Venezuelan government debt: Running out of time 财经:委内瑞拉国债:时间所剩无几 A devastating spiral continues. 一场持续性灾难。 To most investors, Venezuela looks less like a market than a mess. 对于大

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The US government bond market ?suffered a fierce, renewed sell-off and the dollar powered to a 13-year high ?yesterday, as stronger economic data bolstered the case for an interest-rate increase and reinforced the view that the multi-decade bond bull

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China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell in July to the lowest level in more than three years, as the world's second-largest economy pares its foreign-exchange reserves to support the yuan. 随着世界第二大经济体通过削减外汇储备来支持

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The Wall Street Journal reports that central banks including China, Russia and Brazil are selling U.S. government bonds at the fastest pace on record. It's also being reported that China's central bank has stepped up its selling of U.S. treasuries in

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WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities continued to rise in March, indicating strong international demand for American government debt, the Department of Treasury said Thursday. The rise has been on for eigh

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葡萄牙成功出售10年期国债 LISBON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Portugal on Tuesday successfully sold 10-year bonds for the first time since international lenders granted the country a 78-billion-euro bailout two years ago, representing a milestone in

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UK's Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne says Britain intends to become the first western country to issue a bond in the Chinese currency. Osborne made the remarks at the 6th annual China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London. CRI's UK corr

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