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Good morning, everyone. The federal treasury1 has cut its long-term economic growth forecast because of the declined working population and working hours. Our senior treasury official E. expects the potential GDP to grow about two point seven five percent annually2 over the next few years. That's down from the three percent growth predicted in the federal budget. The federal government is expected to release its immediate3 budget update next month, and official growth figures are due out next week. The governor of the central bank has indicated that the interest rate will be on hold until next year. Gallen Steven spoke4 at the gathering5 in Sydney last night to Australian business economists6. Mr. Steven says that if the official rate was to move lower, it wouldn't happen until next year. At the meantime economists should just cheer up. While one calls for concern is the price of iron ore, which just slumped7 to a ten-year-low. Iron ore fell almost two percent overnight, closed at forty-three point four US dollars a ton. Now this is the lowest price since 2005. The fall has been driven by weak Chinese demand and a higher US dollar. Let's go to the global markets now, and all rebounded8 after early declines. At the close the Dowe, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 all rose around 0.1 percent. In London the FTSE fell half a percent at the close. Checking commodity prices. WTC is traded at 41 US dollars a barrel, Tapies crude is at 47 US dollars a barrel, and gold is traded at 1075 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 72 US cents, 68 euro cents, and 48 pence sterling9.
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n.宝库;国库,金库;文库 | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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4 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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6 economists | |
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 ) | |
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7 slumped | |
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 ); 反弹; 产生反作用; 未能奏效 | |
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adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑) | |
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