1.The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month, new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades.
【我的翻译】5月份主要经济指标指数下降0.3%。在同一个月内，新房销售跌至一年来的最低点，尽管这是20年来的最低抵押贷款利率。
2.In one such report, Commerce said last week that its index of leading economic indicators rose a strong 1.2% in July.
【我的翻译】这份报告显示，商业部声称其主要经济指标指数在七月份猛涨了1.2%。
3.“…World Bank Managing Director Richard Frank said in a statement that the ＄52 billion international rescue package assembled by the Obama administration--which includes ＄17 billion from the International Monetary Fund--would meet Mexico’s short-term financial crisis, which blew up after the government devalued the peso in December.”
【我的翻译】“…世界银行常务董事理查德·弗兰克在一份声明中表示，奥巴马政府组织募捐的520亿美元的国际救援金本来可以解救墨西哥短期的金融危机，这其中有170亿美元来自国际货币基金会。然而在墨西哥货币比索于12月份贬值后，此计划泡汤。
4.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed this week at 2909.1, up 6.3% in the past four weeks and up 544 points, or 23%, since its October low.
【我的翻译】道琼斯工业平均指数本周收于2909.1点，在过去四周上涨6.3%。相比自十月份的最低点上涨544点，涨幅23%。
5.The stock market gave the flagging recovery an apparent vote of non-confidence last week when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 120 points on Friday.
【我的翻译】上周星期五道琼斯工业指数暴跌120点时。很显然，股票市场对于这场逐渐衰退的经济复苏不抱有任何信心。
6.March Cotton closed 0.46 cent lower at 85.30 cent.
【我的翻译】三月棉花收盘于85.30美分，下跌0.46美分。
7.The Deutsche Bank cut its discount rate to 3.5%, the lowest level in seven years.
【我的翻译】德意志银行将贴现率降至3.5%，创七年来的贴现率新低。
* discount rate：the minimum rate of interest that banks in the US and some other countries must pay when they borrow money from other banks （美国及其他一些国家银行之间借款的）贴现率
8.The number of workers in the United States applying for state unemployment benefits rose to the record high level in more than a month.
【我的翻译】在一个多月内，美国申请国家失业救济金的人数达到历史最高水平。
9.Export surplus was 72.54 billion Euros, compared with 47.71 billion Euros in the same period a year earlier.
【我的翻译】今年的出口顺差为725.4亿欧元，而上年同期的出口顺差为477。1亿欧元。
*所谓贸易顺差是指在特定年度一国出口贸易总额大于进口贸易总额，又称 “ 出超 ”．表示该国当年对外贸易处于有利地位。贸易顺差的大小在很大程度上反映一国在特定年份对外贸易活动状况。
10.The December T-bond futures ended today at 117-13/32 in Tokyo market against its previous closing of 117-11/32.，
【我的翻译】东京市场十二月份国债期货合约今天收盘报117-13/32, 而昨天收盘报117-11/32
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