澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 美联储或将调高利率

The local market has turned lower in early trade.

After investors¹ digested the news that the US federal reserve expects to raise official interest rates later this year.

The all ordinaries index is off a third of a percent.

The ASX 200 index is also down.

Education and training services company vocation² has jumped by nearly 20 % thanks to a legal settlement.

Big miner BHP billiton has fallen after a good start.

The big banks are all in the red.

It was a volatile³ session in the US as federal reserve chair,Janet Yellen, said interest rates would rise in 2015.

The dow jones index dropped 1/2%.

Spot gold trading near US 1,150 an ounce.

West texas crude oil has also gained and the australian dollar has picked up after dropping below 70c US, last night.

Anz bank is predicting official interest rates could fall to new record lows next year, because of high unemployment and a worsening global economy.

Anz expects the reserve bank to cut the cash rate by 1/2% point in the first half of next year.

That pessimistic forecast means the official cash rate could drop 1.5%.

Anz says extra stimulus⁴ will be needed to boost the economy which is still struggling from the mining slowdown.

Australia post keeps losing money on its letter delivery service.

The company made an after tax loss of just over 220m last financial year.

It's the first loss for Australia post in more than thirty years.

In the 2014 financial year it made a profit of nearly $120m.

当地市场每项交易额度已经降低。

在投资者逐渐接受这个消息后美联储预计今年晚些时候会提高其官方利率。

所有普通股票指数会下降三分之一。

ASX 200股票指数也会降低。

得益于法律调解教育及培训职业服务公司已上涨了近20%。

以经营石油和矿产为主的著名跨国公司必和必拓公司在经历了一个良好开端后已经开始出现下滑。

这家大银行呈现一片飘红。

这对美国联邦储备理事会主席叶伦而言是一段动荡时期,她表示利率将在2015年上升。

道琼斯指数下跌1/2%。

黄金交易现货接近每盎司1150美元。

西德克萨斯原油也在上涨, 昨晚澳元兑美元跌破70大关。

澳新银行预计由于高失业率及全球经济的恶化明年官方利率可能跌至新低。

澳新银行预计明年上半年联邦储备银行会将现金利率削减1/2%。

这次悲观的预测意味着官方现金利率将下降1.5%。

澳新银行表示需要额外的刺激来提升仍在矿业放缓中苦苦挣扎的经济。

澳大利亚邮政递送服务持续亏损。

这家公司上个财政年税后损失超过2200万美元。

这是澳大利亚邮政超过30年来的首次亏损。

在2014财政年度,这家公司曾经疯狂敛财近1200万美元。

1 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

2 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。

3 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

4 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。