英语听力:澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-05-14(在线收听

 The local market has jumped in early trade thanks to a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. The All Ordinaries is up about 0.8 percent or 41 points. The ASX 200 has added 43. U.S. stocks hit record highs overnight. The Dow Jones closed at 16,695, while the S&P 500 added almost one percent.And the Australian dollar is currently buying 93.5 U.S. cents. 

 
And the markets will be keeping a close eye on tonight's budget. Economist Paul Bloxham says while we're not facing a budget emergency, it is important to get back to surplus in the medium term. 
 
“Very small government in the scheme of things. Government's net debt is 12 percent of GDP which is extraordinarily low when you compare it with the rest of the world. And if you look at one other statistics, it is very useful and that is the proportion of government spending as a share of GDP, we have the third smallest proportion of spending as a share of GDP across the OECD members. So, we actually have a fairly small government to start with. We need to fix it up in the medium term, but it doesn't need to be an aggressive repair job. ”
 
And official figures out today have revealed a rise in the number of loans taken out to build and buy newly-constructed homes in March. Figures from the Bureau of Statistics show a 2.1 percent rise in the number of loans taken out to build a house, while loans to buy a new house rose by 1.6 percent. However, the total value of loans taken out during the month fell by 1.1 percent.
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