商务英语经典句：金融危机 Financial ...

The performance of banking stocks tells one most of what one needs to know about the financial crisis.

银行股的表现最能说明金融危机的状况。

In the US, the epicentre of the distress, banks had lost half of their market value between a year ago and the end of last week, relative to the S&P composite index.

在危机的.“震中”美国，截止上上个周末，标准普尔综合指数中的银行股市值较一年前缩水一半。

Spreads between rates of interest on inter-bank lending in dollars, euros and sterling and expected official rates over three and six months are now wider than they were in March.
3月及6月期银行间美元、欧元及英镑拆借利率与预期官方利率之差较3月份时扩大。

The two government-sponsored enterprises have been financing about three-quarters of all US mortgages.
这两家政府支持的企业，为美国约四分之三的按揭贷款提供融资。

While an important part of the world economy is worrying about the risks of financial collapse and ensuing deflation, the price of oil, the world's most important commodity, has doubled over the past year.

就在全球经济的一个重要组成部分正担心金融崩溃以及随之而来的通缩风险之际，世界上最重要的大宗商品石油的价格在过去一年翻了一番。

The soaring prices of oil and other commodities are something of a puzzle, since global economic growth is slowing.

鉴于全球经济增长正在放缓，石油及其它大宗商品价格的不断飙升让人感到困惑。