2018年经济学人 一周要闻 德国央行下调经济预期 沙特阿根廷纳入MSCI指数

 

Germany’s central bank cut its forecast of the country’s economic growth rate this year to 2%, from 2.5%. The Bundesbank thinks the “external environment” is driving up uncertainty¹ in the German economy.

德国央行将该国今年的经济增长预期从2.5%下调至2%。德国央行认为，“外部环境”正在推高德国经济的不确定性。

Mario Draghi hinted that the European Central Bank could restart its bond-buying programme if economic conditions deteriorate², just days after the bank announced that it would phase out its purchasing of assets. The ECB’s president emphasised that interest rates would remain ultra-low until at least September 2019.

马里奥·德拉吉(Mario Draghi)暗示，如果经济形势恶化，欧洲央行（ECB）可能重启债券购买计划。而在数日前，欧洲央行宣布将逐步停止购买资产。欧洲央行行长强调，至少在2019年9月之前，银行利率将维持在超低水平。

The ECB is to halve³ the amount of assets it buys each month to 15bn euros ($17bn) from this September and will end all purchases in December.

欧洲央行将在9月份将每月购买的资产数量减半至150亿欧元(约合170亿美元)，12月将结束所有购买。

MSCI, a company that designs stockmarket indices, said that Argentina would return to its emerging-market index in 2019 after an absence of ten years.

设计股市指数的摩根士丹利资本国际公司（MSCI）表示，阿根廷在缺席十年后将于2019年回归新兴市场指数。

That should lower the country’s borrowing costs and increase investment in its stock and bond markets, a boost for Argentina, which is battling a run on the peso and has had to turn to the IMF for help.

这应该会降低该国的借贷成本，增加对其股票市场和债券市场的投资，这对阿根廷来说是一个提振作用。目前的阿根廷正与比索（货币）展开竞争，它不得不向国际货币基金组织（IMF）求助。

Saudi Arabia will also be added to the MSCI emerging-market index for the first time.

沙特阿拉伯也将首次被纳入MSCI新兴市场指数。

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

3 halve   

vt.分成两半，平分；减少到一半

参考例句：

• Let's halve the project between our two teams.让我们两个队平均分担这项工程吧。
• I'll halve expenses with you.我要跟你平均分摊费用。