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WBR: Wall Street Update 4 June 15

Fri, 5 Jun 15

The cost of borrowing money in the world's biggest economy has been close to zero for more than six years now. So is it time for US interest rates to rise? No, according to the International Monetary¹ Fund. It's urged the US central bank to hold fire until next year. It's unusual for the IMF to intervene directly and issue advice on what a central bank should do with interest rates. Cary Leahy of Decision Economics told us what investors² on Wall Street made of it.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会