準(zhǔn)確性練習(xí)9-－經(jīng)濟(jì)專題

1.The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month, ?new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades.

五月領(lǐng)先經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)指數(shù)下降0.3%盯滚，盡管五月的按揭利率已經(jīng)是二十年內(nèi)最高平挑，但新屋銷售量還是下降到了一年內(nèi)的最低水平扒腕。

2.In one such report, Commerce said last week that its index of leading economic indicators rose a strong 1.2% in July.

在一份這樣的報告中，上周商務(wù)部表示疫赎，其領(lǐng)先經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)指數(shù)在七月強(qiáng)勢上升1.2%堂鲤。

3.“…World Bank Managing Director Richard Frank said in a statement that the ＄52 billion international rescue package assembled by the Obama administration--which includes ＄17 billion from the International Monetary Fund--would meet Mexico’s short-term financial crisis, which blew up after the government devalued the peso in December.”

世界銀行常務(wù)董事理查德·弗朗克在一份聲明中說，由奧巴馬政府籌集的520億美元的國際援助貸款——其中包括來自國際貨幣基金會的170億美元——將解決墨西哥政府在12月將比索貶值后面臨的短期金融危機(jī)。

4.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed this week at 2909.1, up 6.3% in the past four weeks and up 544 points, or 23%, since its October low.

道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)本周收盤演怎，為2909.1點。過去四周其上漲了6.3%避乏，比起去年10月的低點爷耀，漲了23%，即544點拍皮。

5.The stock market gave the flagging recovery an apparent vote of non-confidence last week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 120 points on Friday.

股市上周對于虛弱的景氣復(fù)蘇投下了明顯的不信任票歹叮，導(dǎo)致周五道瓊斯工業(yè)指數(shù)大跌120點。

6.March Cotton closed 0.46 cent lower at 85.30 cent.

3月份棉花期貨收盤下跌0.46美分铆帽，報85.30美分盗胀。

7.The Deutsche Bank cut its discount rate to 3.5%, the lowest level in seven years.

德意志銀行將貼現(xiàn)率降至3.5%，為七年來的最低水平锄贼。

貼現(xiàn)率：

the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System.

8.The number of workers in the United States applying for state unemployment benefits rose to the record high level in more than a month.

美國申請失業(yè)救濟(jì)金的工人數(shù)量一個多月以來上升至最高點票灰。

9.Export surplus was 72.54 billion Euros, compared with 47.71 billion Euros in the same period a year earlier.

出口順差為725億4000萬歐元，而去年同期為477億1000萬歐元宅荤。

10.The December T-bond futures ended today at 117-13/32 in Tokyo market against its previous closing of 117-11/32.

東京市場十二月國債期貨合約今天收盤報117-13/32屑迂，而昨天收盤報117-11/32。