夏说英语新闻晨读 第141期:英国央行降利率（在线收听）

 本期内容：

The Bank of England halved its base rate to a wafer-thin 0.25% and announced a big monetary stimulus: buying ￡60 billion of British government bonds and ￡10 billion from selected companies. An unprecedented downgrade slashed its 2017 GDP growth prediction from 2.3% to 0.8%. A recruitment survey said the jobs market was in “freefall”.

词汇讲解：
Halve：减半
Wafer-thin：特别薄
Monetary stimulus：货币刺激
Government bond：政府债券（国债）
Unprecedented：史无前例的
Recruitment：招聘
Freefall：自由落体