澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-24

 And the latest inflation figures are due out this morning. Economists¹ are tipping a rise of 0.7% in the first three months of the year. Now that will take the annual CPI to 2.8%.

 

Apple's quarterly profit has fallen for the first time in almost ten years. The company has reported a second quarter profit of 9.5 billion dollars.

 

 

The deal will also allow companies to poll consumers for real time opinions.

 

Looking at the markets now. The Dow ended the day 1% higher, so did the Nasdaq and the S&P 500. Over in London, the FTSE rose 2%.

 

Looking at commodity prices. West Texas Crude is trading at 89 US dollars a barrel. Tapis is at 105 US dollars a barrel. Gold is worth 1413 US dollars an ounce.

1 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》