澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-09-20

 The US Central bank has left official interest rate on hold, but it has left open the possibility of increase later this year. Fed Chair, Janet Yellen says there’s too many risk globally to warrant a rate rise in the US. She says while the US employment market is good, house prices remain very depressed¹ in North America. Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has told a parliamentary committee the US interest rate will have to start increasing. He says that could happen before Christmas. Mr. Stevens also warned of more volatility² in financial markets before the FED does raise rates. The RBA governor also says he is pretty content with the official interest rate in Australia staying at 2 percent. The local market fell in early trade after the FED kept the benchmark rates unchanged, but it picked up after Glenn Stevens’ positive comments about the local economy. The All Ordinaries Index put on half percent. The ASX 200 increased as well. The big miners lost ground. BHP Billiton lost three quarters of a percent. Gold miner Newcrest gained on a higher gold price. Credit reporting agency Veda got a more than 2 billion takeover bid from a US firm. It jumped by one third. The banks rose after the FED kept rates on hold. To commodities, gold made strong gains. West Texas Crude oil trading just below 47 US dollars a barrel. And Australian dollar surged above 72 US cents on the FED news.

1 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

2 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。