澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-11-12

 Sydney's home prices (go) are growing twices as fast as any other australian city.figures from the Australia Bureau of Statistic¹ show house prices in Sydney rose 2.7 percent in the September quarter and up almost 15 percent for the year to September.The national average of home price in the major cities rose just 1.5 percent in the quarter,and was up 9 percent over the year.

 

A surge in business conditions last month has prompted National Australia Bank to revise up its growth forecast for this year,National Australia Bank's closely watched monthly business survey shows conditions saw the biggest improvement on record in October boosted by stronger sales and profits. Confidence fell though dragged down by concerns over the outlook for unemployment and future consumer spending.Despite this uncertainties,Nab lifted its growth forecast slightly to 2.9 percent this financial year which is at the top of the Reserve Bank's forecast.The local share market was held back by sharp falls in mining stocks after a number of banks cut their forecasts for the iron ore price.By the close,the All Ords shed 7 points and the index and in the Asx shed 200 index.Atlas² iron gave back some of yesterday's gain,closing down 8 percent. Going the other way,the Uranium producer Paladim Energy the top performer today and rose another 7 percent.And the autralian dollar right now is up against the green back, buy 86.2 US cents.

1 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

2 atlas   

n.地图册，图表集

参考例句：

• He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
• The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。