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Business lending

Thu, 23 Jan 14

As bank lending to businesses falls, smaller companies are looking elsewhere for their cash. But the banks have a plan to tell businesses that the money is there if they want it. We ask respected Harvard University economist¹ Kenneth Rogoff for his prognosis for the eurozone following the recent crisis. And Manchester United drops out of the top three in the Deloitte football rich list for the first time, behind Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。