[单项选择]______ unnamed sources, the central bank is unlikely to raise interest rates over the next 6 months.
A. According to
B. In case of
C. On behalf of
D. In common with

[单项选择]The BIS is the central bankers’ central bank. It is very discreet, and very influential. It was founded in 1930 to act as a trustee for the loans associated with the Young Plan for Germany Reparations. The first members of the bank were the central banks of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, together with three private U. S. banks. The Federal Reserve Bank subsequently became a member alone with all the major European central banks. Current membership consists of 30 central banks, of which 25 are European plus the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. (The BIS was unique in having Alhania and South Africa as co-member. ) The board of directors is composed of the governors of the central banks of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, together with co-opted directors from among the governors of those member central banks that do not have a representative on the board.
The BIS has three main functions. It acts as a bank, pr
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn’t say

[单项选择]How long would the European Central Bank allow banks to borrow dollars before（）
A. Three months.
B. A year.
C. One week.
D. The rest of the year.

[填空题]According to the Chinese central bank, people need not worry too much about risk of inflation in China.

[简答题]The central bank usually acts as a lender of last resort to protect commercial banks against a temporary liquidity drain.

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AMERICA’S central bank sent a clear message this week. For the second consecutive meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-making committee, left short-term interest rates unchanged at 1.75%. But it said that the risks facing the economy had shifted from economic weakness to a balance between weakness and excessive growth. This shift surprised no one. But it has convinced many people that interest rates are set to rise again--and soon.
Judging by prices in futures markets, investors are betting that short-term interest rates could start rising as early as May, and will be 1.25 percentage points higher by the end of the year. That may be excessive. Economists at Goldman Sachs, who long argued that the central bank would do nothing this year, now expect short-term rates to go up only 0.75% this year, starting in June. But virtually everyone reckons some Fed tightening is in the offing.
The reason After an unprecedented 11 rat
A. interpret the message from the central bank
B. justify the rise of short-term interest rates
C. illustrate what is weakness and undue growth
D. contrast different views on economic indices