澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-10-25

 ANZ is the last of the big four banks to raise the interest rate on its standard variable home loans. ANZ increased rates by 18 basis points to 5.56%. NAB announced 17 basis points increase earlier today while the Commonwealth¹ Bank and Westpac have already lifted their rates by 15 and 20 basis point respectively. The moves are out of step with any increase in the official cash rate. They come into effect next month. The banks argued that strict capital requirements mean their costs have got enough. So customers along with shareholders² will bear the burden. The moves may also leave them for the Reserve Bank to lower official interest rates without inflaming³ the housing market. Banking⁴ stocks jumped as increases in lending rates will lift their profitability. Now led the charge, the Commonwealth Bank pushed higher, as did Westpac. It made strong gains. And ANZ was also stronger. Hopes in more stimulus⁵ from the European Central Bank over rally on the Australian share markets, the All Ords jumped 1.7% by the close as did the ASX 200 Index. Across the region, Japan’s Nikkei has surged over 2%. There are more modest gains in Hong Kong and Shanghai. And the Australian dollar holding well above 72 US cents.

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

2 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

3 inflaming   

v.（使）变红，发怒，过热( inflame的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• And, by inflaming the liver, hepatitis can adversely affect dozens of life processes. 而肝脏的炎症又会对数十种生命过程产生有害影响。 来自辞典例句
• Your throat are inflaming. 你的喉部发炎了。 来自互联网

4 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

5 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。