1. consumer voucher 消費劵 food stamp 糧票
2. economic stimulus package 刺激經濟方案
3. financial/debt crisis 金融/債務危機 credit crunch/crisis 信用危機
4. subprime mortgage 次級房貸 foreclosure 取消抵押品贖回權
5. file for bankruptcy protection 申請破產保護
6. insolvency (借款)無法償還；破產
7. down payment 頭期款 installment 分期付款
8. speculator 投機者/客 manipulate 操縱 monopoly 壟斷
9. insider trading 內線交易 fraud 詐欺
10. inflation 通貨膨脹 <----> deflation 通貨緊縮 stagflation停滯性通膨
11. appreciation 升值 <----> depreciation 貶值 (浮動匯率制)
12. revaluation 升值 <----> devaluation 貶值 (固定匯率制)
13. monetary tightening 貨幣緊縮
14. expansionary monetary policy 擴張性貨幣政策
15. Quantitative Easing = QE 量化寬鬆
16. lending and deposit rates 存放款利率
17. economic recession/downturn 經濟衰退 economic depression 經濟蕭條
18. in the doldrums 景氣蕭條/低迷；不景氣
19. bailout 紓困 austerity measures 緊縮措施
20. unemployment rate 失業率 layoff 裁員 downsize 人事精簡/縮編
21. strike = walkout 罷工
22. soaring fuel prices 燃料價格高漲
23. Consumer Price Index= CPI 消費者物價指數
Consumer Confidence Index = CCI 消費者信心指數
24. economic turnaround 經濟好轉 economic recovery 經濟復甦
25. mergers and acquisitions = M&A 併購
26. fluctuation 波動 stagnation 停滞
27. in the black 盈餘 <----> in the red 赤字；負債
28. Free Trade Agreement = FTA 自由貿易協定
29. trade surplus 貿易順差 <----> trade deficit 貿易逆差
30. export quota 出口限額 <----> import quota 進口限額
31. bilateral trade 雙邊貿易 multilateral trade 多邊貿易 |
