By Carolyn Weaver New York City 04 February 2008 The Federal Reserve Board cut short-term interest rates twice in January, most recently to three percent. The cuts are meant to encourage consumers by making credit more available, and to rally plungin

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

我们已经讲过两个以cut 这个字为主的习惯用语。让我们先来复习一下cut是怎么拼的。Cut这个字最普通的意思就是用刀把什么东西切开。可是,在今天我们

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 23 January 2008 Asian stocks recouped some of their steep losses of the past two days after market confidence received a shot in the arm from the U.S. Federal Reserve. But as VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, stock an

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India's finance minister is calling for price cuts, as well as a drop in interest rates, to stimulate demand as growth slows in the nation of 1.2 billion people. Palaniappan Chidambaram says, despite the global economic crisis, a dip in Indian expor

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Once more the governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, has cut the official cash rate, but this time by a large amount: 1.5%. This brings the official cash rate now to 5%, the lowest in a long time. This is the rate that banks pay to borrow overni

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Experts tracking the economic impact of Hurricane Sandy say storm damage could cut U.S. economic growth three-tenths of one percent in the last few months of this year. Gregory Daco, of IHS Global Insight said rebuilding activity probably will keep t

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