葡萄牙宣布措施来促进经济增长

 　　葡萄牙宣布措施来促进经济增长

LISBON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese¹ government announced Tuesday new measures including increase of economic investment and financing support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to promote growth and job creation in the heavily indebted country.

　　After an extraordinary meeting of Council of Ministers held earlier in the day, Portugal's Economy and Employment Minister Alvaro Santos Pereira told a press conference that the government will strengthen the role of the country's deposit bank CGD in market financing and set up a specialized² financial institution to provide SMEs with more financing and crediting service.

　　"CGD should lead the granting of credit to the economy, SMEs," said Pereira.

　　The government also plans to lower tax rates for the SMEs and increase investment in export which will reach 1 billion euros by the end of this year, he added.

　　Portugal still faces deepening economic recession this year with a continuous shrinkage and high budget deficit³.

　　The country's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 3.2 percent last year, the lowest in the past 30 years, while its budget deficit accounted for 6.4 of its GDP, much higher than the deficit reduction goal set by the government.

　　The new measures came after the Portuguese government announced last Thursday spending cuts worth 800 million euros (about 1 billion U.S. dollars) or some 0.5 percent of its GDP in a fresh effort to meet its deficit reduction targets set by international lenders after a rejection⁴ of some of the austerity measures in the 2013 state budget by the country's constitutional court.

　　The ruling of the court has brought about a budget shortfall of 1.3 billion euros for Portugal, which has seen a deepening economic recession in the past few years.

　　Under a 78-billion-euro bailout agreement with the troika comprising the European Union, the International Monetary⁵ Fund and the European Central Bank in May 2011, Portugal has been implementing⁶ a harsh austerity policy which has sparked protests across the country in recent months.

1 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

4 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

5 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

6 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句