'Perfect Storm' of Factors Driving Up Oil Prices, say Experts(3/3)

【标准VOA】2008-04-28
'Perfect Storm' of Factors Driving Up Oil Prices, say Experts(3/3)



 大意
Dollars and other factors form the Perfect Storm.


 听写
“25% of the increase in oil prices is strictly due to the fact that the dollar has gone down by 25%, because oil all over the world is priced in dollars.” Taken together, Hanke says, these and other factors have made for a perfect storm that / relentlessly drives up oil prices with no end in sight. What can be done about it? Hanke says oil prices would moderate if supply were increased and world demand leveled off or subsided. He says prices would also be lower if oil producing nations reversed the trend towards state monopoly control of their petroleum sectors, if the US government stoppedsstockpillingstockpiling emergency oil for its strategic petroleum reserve program, or if the US dollar was were to strengthen. For that last suggestion to become reality, however, US interest rates would likely have to raise, something America’s central bank is unlikely to tolerate so long as the US economy remains weak. Ironically many economists blame America’s / anemic economic performance in part on higher fuel prices.


 生词
relentless 狠心的，冷酷的
anemic 贫血(症)的


 翻译
“石油价格增长的25%完全是因为美元贬值了25%，因为全球的石油都是用美元标价的。”汉克说所有这些因素形成了一个完美风暴，石油价格不知会肆无忌惮的上涨到什么程度。该怎么办？汉克说只有供给增加，世界石油需求减少或找到替代能源，石油价格才可能得到修正。他说如果石油输出国改变国有寡头控制石油部分的局面，美国停止为其石油保存项目囤积应急石油，或美元恢复强势，石油价格才可能降低。然而，要使最后的一个建议实现，美国的利率就要上升，而这是美国经济不景气时央行不愿意看到的。讽刺的是很多经济学家批评美国的不良经济表现导致了石油高价。


 总结
最纠结的虚拟语气出现了……
posted @ 2008-04-29 20:55 vivianliv86 阅读(5) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 每日VOA 网摘收藏

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