澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-06

 Checking business news, the G20 leaders meeting in Cannes have agreed to boost resources of the International Monetary¹ Fund as we've heard. They say a firm growth plan should be in place by February. Much of the discussion at the summit focused on the financial and political crises in Italy and Greece. Italy has agreed to allow the IMF to monitor its economic reform programme.

 

 

 

The US unemployment rate dropped slightly to 9 per cent last month. The US Labour Department also added that 80,000 jobs were created. The rate came broadly in line with analysts²' estimates for October.

 

 

 

And let's just check the numbers. We've seen the markets in the US, the Dow losing 61 points. In Europe, stocks have also lost ground, the FTSE down marginally while in Asia, the Nikkei was up. It was a good day in Asia yesterday, 161 points up. The Hang Seng was up 600 points. Back home, both the All Ords and the ASX 200 finished the week more than 100 points higher.

 

 

 

And let's check the commodities. Gold is down, but oil is up slightly. And on the currency markets, the Australian dollar is buying around 103 US cents.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。