澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-06

 The finance news.And the big four banks are under pressure to pass on the reserve bank's latest interest rate cut in full. The RBA has cut the official cash rate by 25 bases points. 

Steve M. from the Australian Bank Association will speculate on what the banks will do but he's told news Breakfast they do have social obligations.

One of those obligations is to keep our banking¹ systems safe and stable. Just to give you an example, we follow the reserve bank as people ask us to, as the treasurer² asks us to through the global financial crisis the first part of that. The Reserve Bank has calculated the banks in Australia will actually have been making losses. We would have banking systems look like the European banking systems. We do have responsibility to pass on as much of that cut as we can. But we have a very responsibility to make sure that system remains³ safe that we can continue to raise money overseas and in Australia to keep lending to businesses and to people buying houses.

Let's go to the markets. And Dow Jones closed up 26 points overnight. The NASDAQ rose 18. S&P 500 also up by 7. The London Stock Exchange was closed again for the Jubilee⁴ Holiday. Checking commodity prices, West Tax Crude is trading at 84 dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude 104 Us dollars a barrel. And gold is 1617 Us dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 97 Us cents, 78 Euro cents and 63 pence sterling⁵.

1 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

2 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 jubilee   

n.周年纪念；欢乐

参考例句：

• They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
• Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。

5 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。