Unit One Economic Growth (经济增长)
l. 1 Despite sign of global recovery, OECD points
to many risks
1.2 Growth in US is fasted for 20 years
1.3 Optimism picks up in U. S. along with GDP
1.4 OPEC cut could slow recovery
1.5 Factories in Europe show gains in output
1.6 Japanese growth revised down
1.7 Production surges 1.3% in France
1.8 Business confidence in Germany rises again
Unit Two Employment(就业)
2. 1 Keeping employees happy is rising cost for U. S. firms
2. 2 Indians bridle at being target of U.S. over job tension
2. 3 Australian employment declines as companies
seek to trim costs
2. 4 Unemployment rate falls in New Zealand
2. 5 New Zealand unemployment increase
2. 6 Jobless rate hits record in Singapore
2. 7 Boosting employment now a top priority
Unit Three Banking(银行业)
3.1 China raises bank cap ahead of bailout
3.2 Nation frees up lending rates
3.3 Germany rejects EU's call to trim its deficit
3. 4 Tokyo sees no fallout in bank takeover
3. 5 H.K. authority buys $ 200 million
3.6 Chinese central bank plans to auction bills
3.7 "Big four" bad loans witness big drop
3.8 China takes bad debt on the road
3. 9 Bank gets ready for going public
3. 10 What global asset bubbles may have in common
Unit Four Currency and Exchange Rate(货币与利率)
4. 1 IMF backs China on value of yuan
4. 2 Little hope in U. S. on yuan rate
4.3 China urged to link yuan to "basket"
4.4 China gets ally in currency feud
4. 5 Surging currency lowers Japan exports
4. 6 U.K. sales rise, adding to rate push
4. 7 Japan sees expansion next year
4.8 G7 Says It Wants Flexible Currencies
4. 9 FOREX-Dollar jumps on record U. S. capital inflows
4. 10 Weak Japan survey helps dollar to rally
4. 11 Stability of Renminbi reaffirmed
Unit Five Securities Market(证券市场)
5.1 Japanese companies turn to convertible bond shares
5.2 H.K. charges Shanghai Land officials
5.3 U.S. House acts on mutual funds
5.4 Mainland may rally as curbs are lifted
5.5 Brokers protest Thai efforts to rein in
a hot stock market
5.6 Life after Yukos
5.7 New options in Japan
5.8 China seeks to sell government stakes
Unit Six International Balance of Payments(国际收支)
6. 1 Foreign trade becoming balanced
6. 2 Greenspan says trade deficit may prove costly
6. 3 Import surge pushes up trade deficit