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The central bank cut its key interest rate by______half point, to 6.25 percent.
A．a
B．its
C．that
D．each
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第1题
A．A reduction in the discount rate
B．A reduction in reserve requirements
C．A cut in taxes
D．A sale of government securities
第2题
听力原文： (24) The Reserve Bank of Australia said yesterday that it would cut official interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to around 7.0 percent, following falls in inflation and in an attempt to help buoy the economy.
(25) The cut is the first change in rates since December 1994, when the bank increased rates to slow the economy, but the bank warned it would lift rates again if wages grew too fast.
"The Bank's forecasts suggest that both underlying and headline inflation will be in the 2.3 percent range for some time," the central bank's governor, Bernie Fraser said, adding that wages and salaries would be the key influence on inflation.
What were the official interest rates before the Reserve Bank of Australia announced a cut？
A．Around 7.0 percent.
B．Around 7.5 percent.
C．Around 6.5 percent.
D．Around 0.5 percent.
第3题
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text？
A．The reason for the ECB's unwillingness to cut interest rates is that inflation was actually expected to fall in Germany.
B．In Germany consumer prices were falling.
C．Last year's oil prices dropping out of the year-on-year calculation directly leads to the drop of inflation.
D．The European Central Bank is willing to cut interest rate.
第5题
Unemployment rate drops to 5-month low
America's employers increased hiring in March, driving the unemployment rate down to a five-month low of 4.4%. It was a surprisingly strong performance in an economy that has otherwise shown signs of sluggishness recently.
The new snapshot, released by the Labor Department today, also showed that companies expanded their payrolls by 180,000 employees in March, the most since December. Workers also saw their paychecks get bigger. The fresh figures suggested that companies are not feeling a need to dramatically decrease hiring in the face of the slower overall economic activity and the deep housing slump.
The report was stronger than economists were expecting. They were calling for the economy to add around 135,000 jobs in March and for the unemployment rate to actually edge up to 4.6%. The 4.4% unemployment rate, which dropped down a notch from 4.5% in February, matched the rate in October.
Jobs gains in March were fairly widespread, except for the struggling manufacturing sector, which continued to cut jobs for the ninth month in a row; factories cut 16,000 in March alone. Some business services also trimmed jobs, by 7,000 last month.
Construction companies, after suffering heavy job losses in February in part due to unfavorable winter weather, bulked up in March. They added 56,000 positions last month, the most in just over a year. Retailers added nearly 36,000 jobs last month. Education and health-care services expanded employment by 54,000. Leisure and hospitality picked up 21,000 jobs, while the government added 23,000.
Why is the recent drop in unemployment rate surprising？
A．Because it's the lowest level in a year.
B．Because it's above the government's expectations.
C．Because the central bank raised interest rates.
D．Because the economy is still struggling.
第6题
Of the major central banks of the world, the most independent is______.
A．the Bank of Japan
B．the Federal Reserve System
C．the Bank of England
D．the European Central Bank
第8题
A. by
B. over
C. for
D. at
第9题
A.standards
B.stability
C.rigidity
D.uniformity
第10题
Open market operations are______.
A．the tool used most often by the central bank
B．seldom used by the central bank
C．used more than the discount rate but not nearly as often as changes in reserve requirements by the central bank
D．used by the central bank only during inflationary periods
