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Stocks soared after the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks agreed to make it easier to borrow dollars overseas, in a bid to ease the fallout of the European debt crisis. The move came as European finance ministers delayed key decisions for resolving the European debt crisis.
The pressure is on for European leaders to deliver a plan next week to fix the eurozone crisis, after their finance ministers failed to do so at a meeting in Brussels. European Economic Commissioner1 Olli Rehn underscored the sense of urgency as he spoke2 to reporters on Wednesday.
"Overall, I could say that we are now entering the critical period of 10 days to complete and conclude the crisis response over the European Union," said Rehn. "And we have to continue to work especially on two fronts, both in order to ensure that we have a sufficiently3 credible4 financial firewall to contain market turbulence5. And at the same time, we need to reinforce our economic governance."
The 10-day deadline is pegged6 to the December 8 summit of European heads of state and government. It will cap one of the European Union's bleakest7 years. 2010 has brought a spreading financial crisis to the 17 nations sharing the euro currency, bringing down several governments and weakening many banks.
Analysts8 and officials point to many causes. For Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager, the problem is lack of fiscal9 discipline on the part of some eurozone nations. "Lack of economic reforms and lack of fiscal discipline has brought us into this crisis. So you also have to address these fundamental issues," said de Jager.
Finance ministers did give Greece another, much-needed installment10 of bailout money during their two-day meeting that ended Wednesday. But they failed to move on doubling the larger European rescue fund to more than a trillion dollars.
Despite the lack of strong EU action, financial markets soared after major central banks announced they would slash11 the costs for foreign banks to borrow U.S. dollars. The eurozone crisis has spawned12 a credit crunch13, leaving many financial institutions struggling to borrow the money they need to fund their operations.
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1 commissioner | |
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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3 sufficiently | |
adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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adj.可信任的,可靠的 | |
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5 turbulence | |
n.喧嚣,狂暴,骚乱,湍流 | |
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v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的过去式和过去分词 );使固定在某水平 | |
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7 bleakest | |
阴冷的( bleak的最高级 ); (状况)无望的; 没有希望的; 光秃的 | |
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8 analysts | |
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
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9 fiscal | |
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的 | |
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n.(instalment)分期付款;(连载的)一期 | |
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11 slash | |
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
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(鱼、蛙等)大量产(卵)( spawn的过去式和过去分词 ); 大量生产 | |
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n.关键时刻;艰难局面;v.发出碎裂声 | |
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