金融英语听力 3.应付通货膨胀

[00:00.00]Dealing with Inflation
[00:01.03]应付通货膨胀
[00:02.06]Situation 3
[00:03.02]情景 3
[00:03.97]Robert Albert ,president of Albert Electronics ,is talking about inflation and general financial conditions with his banker ,Wilson Hall.
[00:08.86]艾伯特电子公司总裁罗伯特·艾伯特正和他的银行职员威尔逊·霍尔在谈论通货膨胀和金融状况。
[00:13.74]Albert:I'm really concerned about the general financial situation ,Mr.Hall.
[00:16.03]艾伯特：霍尔先生，我对于目前金融价总的状况甚为关切。
[00:18.31]We've been living with constantly rising prices for too long .
[00:20.36]我们长期在物价不断上涨的情况下生活着，
[00:22.41]You would think that the tight  money policies that the government has been following would start having some effect .
[00:25.56]你大概认为政府所实施的银根紧缩政策已经开始产生一些效果。
[00:28.71]Hall:I think they're starting to work ,Mr.Albert .Interest rates have gone up substantially recently ,
[00:31.62]霍 尔：我认为这些政策已经开始生效，艾伯特先生。近来利率已大幅度提高，
[00:34.53]and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed .
[00:36.39]信贷的使用已大大削减。
[00:38.24]Unfortunately ,however demand-pull inflation is not our only problem .
[00:40.88]不幸的是，由需求而促成的通货膨胀并不是我们唯一的问题。
[00:43.52]A;Yes ,the new problem seems to be cost-push inflation ,or what the economists sometimes call sellers'inflation .
[00:48.13]艾伯特：是的，新的问题似乎是成本促成的通货膨胀，就是经济学家们有时称之为卖方通货膨胀。
[00:52.74]H:Exactly .For example ,the rising costs of commodities and energy supplies over which we have no real control .
[00:57.39]霍 尔：的确如此，譬如说，商品和能源的成本一直不断增加，对此我们没有得到真正的控制。
[01:02.04]Fiscal and monetary policies can't do much to help us deal with this kind of inflation .
[01:04.95]财政和货币政策对于我们解决这类性质的通货膨胀也是爱莫能助。
[01:07.87]A:It must be very difficult for you as a banker to try to satisfy your customers during periods like this .
[01:11.54]艾伯特：处于这样的时期，你作为一个银行家，要想尽力去满足你的顾客们的要求肯定是很困难的。
[01:15.21]H:Indeed it is.Tight money policies make it necessary for us to turn down loan requests from many clients or to increase the downpayment requirements on mortgage and installment loans .
[01:21.78]霍 尔：确实如此。银根紧缩政策使得我们必须拒绝许多客户的贷款要求，或者增加抵押货款和分期贷款的定金。
[01:28.35]A:Well,let's hope we see an improvement soon.People on fixed incomes,particularly retired people,
[01:32.13]艾伯特：我们指望着不久将看到情况有所好转。眼下，那些靠固定收入的人们，特别是那些退休的人，
[01:35.92]must be having a terrible time making ends meet.
[01:37.85]为维持生计一定会碰到不少困难。