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- •Vastness of Marketplace and Real Estate Errors Stymie British Retailers
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- •In Search of Elusive Domestic Demand
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- •In the dumps
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- •In the Retailers’ Battle to Sell More
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- •Markets on the Make
- •In emerging economies, the current fashion for setting up a stock market is no substitute for genuine economic reform
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- •If you can’t beat’em, join ‘em
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- •Derivatives
- •A Distracting Side Show
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- •Derivatives: Alive, But Oh So Boring
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- •It’s Simple: Make Fund Managers Spell Out the Risks
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- •Is the Fed Mostly Smoke and Mirrors?
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- •Important Things
Vocabulary
consumer confidence – потребительская уверенность; consumer confidence index – индекс уверенности потребителя (в устойчивости своего экономического положения и характеризующий готовность к затратам на приобретение потребительских товаров)
leading economic indicators – опережающие (ведущие) экономические индикаторы: 12 показателей движения экономического цикла
the trade deficit or surplus (verbs used with: to fall, decline, weaken, plunge, shrink, narrow: to rise, widen)
trade deficit (trade gap) – дефицит в торговом балансе, который возникает, когда стоимость видимого экспорта (visible exports) товаров данной страны меньше, чем стоимость ее видимого импорта (visible imports); trade gap for goods and services – торговый дефицит по товарам и услугам; trade gap for capital goods – торговый дефицит по средствам производства; overall trade gap – совокупный размер торгового дефицита; общая сумма дефицита торговли
trade surplus – положительное сальдо торгового баланса: стоимость видимого экспорта выше, чем стоимость видимого импорта страны
IOU (I owe you) – простейший долговой инструмент, вексель
to import – импортировать; import(s) – импорт (объем или стоимость); decline in imports – сокращение импорта; importer - импортер
to export – экспортировать; export(s) – экспорт (объем или стоимость); exporter - импортер
trade balance (balance of trade) – торговый баланс, который включает поступления и платежи в иностранной валюте, связанные с видимыми статьями торговли (visible items): промышленными товарами, полуфабрикатами и сырьем. В это понятие не входит торговля услугами, которые представляют из себя невидимые статьи торговли (invisible items)
to gain – увеличивать(ся), нарастать; gain – рост, прирост, увеличение; export gains – 1) рост объемов экспорта 2) рост доходов от экспорта; to erase the gains – свести на нет рост (показателей)
nosedive in imports – резкое сокращение импорта
goods inflation – инфляция, вызванная ростом цен на товары
the trade-weighted dollar = the dollar adjusted for prices across a broad array of countries – курс доллара, взвешенный по торговому обороту (по торговой корзине) = cтоимость доллара относительно корзины валют основных торговых партнеров ,
взвешенных в соответствии с их удельным весом в торговле
outlays for equipment – ассигнования, средства, выделяемые на приобретение оборудования
tradable goods – 1) внешнеторговые товары 2) товары, пользующиеся спросом (ходовые товары)
consumer jitters – волнение, паническое настроение потребителей
components – комплектующие
current account deficit = the broadest accounting of foreign financial obligations - дефицит платежного баланса по текущим счетам (операциям) = наиболее широкий показатель иностранных финансовых обязательств
the bust in tech stocks – крах фондового рынка акций высокотехнологичных компаний
Useful phrases to memorize
to shoulder the load – нести бремя
at a faster clip - более быстрыми темпами
on the plus side is – положительным фактором является
Exercises
1. Pronounce the following:
widening, steadying, warehouse, opposite, unsustainable, surge, trade-weighted, array, gear, embedded, sign, erosion, profitability, compelling, sagging.
2. Explain in English:
US companies have been busy exporting the New Economy overseas; the portion of top- heavy tech inventories came from abroad; the broad nosedive in imports; the US commanding more than 80% of the world’s excess savings; consumer confidence; the trade deficit component of real gross domestic product; consumer jitters worsened in April; global confidence in the Federal Reserve; the trade gap for goods and services was a stunner; to shoulder the load of slower growth in consumer spending and business outlays for equipment.
3. Find in the text equivalents to the following:
decreasing U.S. demand, it contracted from $33 billion to $27 billion, foreign debt, growing trade gap, the main feature.
4. Translate the following into Russian (see Krasnov § 6 ):
softer economic growth, to make smth more expensive, broader trade tension, longer-term contracts, a smaller trade gap.
(see Krasnov ex.16 p.42 )
…the stabilizing influence of imports, which account for an increasing share of U.S. demand
…foreign-made merchandise now accounts for 28c of every dollar spent on such goods.
…the trade balance for capital goods has swung (enormously), accounting for widening in the overall trade gap.
…the U.S. current account deficit, the broadest accounting of those (foreign financial) obligations…
America’s Trade Deficit: Expect Some Storm Damage
Katrina’s bill may include a steeper trade balance and a weaker dollar
By James C. Cooper & Kathleen Madigan
Economists had expected the U.S. current-account deficit, the broadest measure of the nation’s international balance of payments, to begin to stabilize in the second half of 2005 and perhaps even narrow in 2006. Faster growth abroad, a cooler U.S. economy, and a weaker dollar would cause improvement in the U.S. trade position. Indeed, the gap fell slightly in the second quarter. But that news preceded the summer spike in oil prices and Hurricane Katrina. Those two shocks, along with the rebound in the dollar, challenge the idea that a correction in the current account is imminent. And they revive fears that the adjustment may not be painless, as U.S. dependence on foreign financing grows ever larger.
The current-account balance is the sum of all foreign transactions, including trade in goods and services, income payments, and government transfers. For years, the main focus has been the deteriorating merchandise trade deficit as goods imports swamped exports. But now the U.S. surplus in services has been slipping, and foreign investors are earning more from U.S. assets than American investors are earning abroad.
Surging oil prices and the enormous stimulus coming from government spending on post-Katrina rebuilding threaten to make this bad situation worse Not only will costlier oil and other energy imports directly lift the U.S. import bill, but stronger economic growth, thanks to fiscal stimulus, will boost demand for non-oil imports.
Equally important, higher energy costs are slowing economic growth abroad more than they have U.S. growth, curtailing demand for U.S. exports. Moreover, so far this year the dollar is up more than 11% vs. the euro and 9% vs. the yen. Against this backdrop, it’s likely that the current-account deficit, which stood at an annual rate of $778.6 billion, or 6.4% of gross domestic product in the first half, will top 7% of GDP next year.
Business Week, 2005
Notes
the current account, the broadest measure of the nation’s international balance of payments – показатель, в котором наиболее широко представлены статьи платежного баланса страны (который включает торговый баланс, экспорт и импорт услуг, односторонние переводы, проценты и другие доходы по заграничным инвестициям); the current-account deficit – дефицит платежного баланса по текущим счетам (операциям)
rebound in the dollar = dollar appreciation
against this backdrop – на фоне этих событий
so far this year - за прошедший период этого года
vs = versus (Latin) = against
it will top 7% - превысит 7%
Assignment
Translate into Russian the following:
balance of payments stabilized and even narrowed; trade position; the trade gap fell slightly; a correction in the current account is imminent; trade in goods and services; deteriorating merchandise trade deficit; goods imports swamped exports; surplus in services has been slipping; to lift the U.S. import bill; to curtail demand for U.S. exports; the current-account deficit will top 7% of GDP.
Why U.S. Is a Hard Sell for U.K. Stores
