突破口語之獨白(4):Business Report 商務報道

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4. Business Report

商務報道

The United States Central Bank has cut interest rates. Policy makers of the Federal Reserve【聯邦儲備局】lowered the banks main interest rate by one half percentage point to six percent. The goal is to prevent the economy from slowing down too much. The Federal Reserve policy makers noted a continuing1) drop in sales and production. Their decision to lower the cost of borrowing money was not expected at this time. Financial markets rose sharply2) after the announcement.

美國中央銀行進行了減息。聯儲立法人員將銀行利率下調了1.5個百分點至6%，其目的主要是阻止經濟的急速下滑。聯儲立法人員指出生產與銷售將持續降低，預計目前不會做出降低貸款成本的決定。消息公布后金融市場急速回升。

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1) slowing down 下滑，減速

2) continuing a. 持續的

3) sharply ad. 猛烈地，激烈地