澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-19

 The US Federal Reserve should delay the end of its bond purchase program according to St. Louis Federal Reserve chairman James Bullard. Mr. Bullard says the end of the quantitative¹ easing program should be delayed to halt a decline in inflation expectations. He is the first official to publicly suggest the bank should extend the asset purchase program. US Treasury² Yields fell on the back of Mr. Bullard's comments.  

 

And Google has missed its earnings³' forecast with third-quarter revenue come in at just over 16.5 billion dollars. The result was, however, an increase of 20% over the same quarter last year, but net earnings fell more than 5%. Google's cost-per-click metric, which measures how much the company makes each time a user clicks on the net, continued with its downward trend falling 2% on year. 

 

Taking a look at the markets now: 

 

And investors⁴ are feeling good today with the local market putting in a good performance. The All Ordinaries Index currently up 28 points, the ASX 200 following suit. 

 

And crude oil prices rebounded⁵ after falling below 80 US dollars a barrel at one point in the session. Crude Oil is sitting at 82.28. 

 

Taking a look at the currencies now: 

 

And the Aussie dollar is buying 87.71 US cents.

1 quantitative   

adj.数量的，定量的

参考例句：

• He said it was only a quantitative difference.他说这仅仅是数量上的差别。
• We need to do some quantitative analysis of the drugs.我们对药物要进行定量分析。

2 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。