澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-09-02

 Leading finance news the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep interest rates on hold but it means late today, with many economists¹ now anticipating any change in the coming year. All 27 analyst² survey by Bloomberg have predicted that the RBA will keep the cash rate at 2%. Now while some believe rates may be cut again late this year, others do not expect the RBA to be swayed by the recent market volatility³, driven by concerns about China. A 7-11 store in Melborne has admitted deliberately⁴ short changing its staff by tens of thousands of dollars, and doctoring its employement records to cut costs. The store owner has also revealed that he learned how to manipulate the payroll⁵ system from another franchise⁶ at a 7-11 conference. The ABC's full corner program has found wide spread of worker exploitation at 7-11 stores across the country. In many cases, workers are paid about half the minimum wage. 7-11's head office has blamed any illegal behavior on individual stores and says it will take action if staff had been underpaid. Let's check global markets now. And shares on Wall Street have fallen overnight, the Dow lost 115 points. The Nasdaq fell 1.1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.8 %, in London the FTSE was closed for a national holiday. Checking commodity prices for you now, and West T Crude is trading at 49 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is 52 US dollars a barrel. And Gold is trading at 1135 US dollars an ounce. The US dollar is currently buying 71 US cents, 63 Euro cents and 46 Pence Sterling⁷.      

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》

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

4 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

5 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

6 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

7 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。