12月24日CNN聽力：美聯儲宣告汗青性加息 奧巴馬拜訪五角大樓
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced yesterday itwas raising interest rates for the first time since2006.
What that means is what's first up today on CNNSTUDENT NEWS.
Known as the Fed, it's America's central bank.
It's led by Janet Yellen. Its job is to help stabilizeAmerica's financial system.
The Fed makes moves to try to lower unemployment and control inflation, when the price ofgoods goes up too fast for people to afford them.
Because the U.S. economy is growing, the Fed raised its key interest rate by a quarter of apercentage point, not much.
But gradual rate increases are likely in the New Year.
That means you'll have to pay more interest if you borrow money, higher mortgage rates forhome buyers, higher interest rates if you finance a car, higher student loan rates for peoplewho get those in or after 2016.
And eventually, savings accounts could earn a little more interest.
A decade since the last "Star Wars", and nearly just as long, nine years, since the Fed lasttinkered with interest rates.
But now, it's time for the Fed to awaken, because after three episodes of quantitative easing,Janet Yellen must now use her most powerful weapon to restore balance in the economy.
She must bring out the light saber of rate hikes, the first hike in a long, long time.
The unprecedented era of low interest rates has given the Fed major economic victories, butnot so quickly, the dark economic forces out there may yet strike back.
So, for instance, the Fed faces an increasingly powerful dollar.
Across the globe, it's the dollar that remains mighty.
And then, related, of course, the storm troopers of labor and having to suffer weak wagegrowth.
All of which is proving the hardest evil to vanquish, persistently low inflation.
Now as soon as the Fed raises rates, attention will turn to the sequels.
How many, how far and how fast?
And some warn that rapid hikes will damage this fragile recovery and put vulnerable marketsunder greater pressure.
Oh, make no bones about it.It may be the first move for nearly a decade, but when the Fedawakens, Janet Yellen will show her true powers.
Richard Quest, CNN, New York.
Now, naming three of the schools watching this Thursday, it's time for the call of the roll.
Yakota Middle School is first up. It's in Japan at Yakota Air Base.
Great to see you today.
Leicester, Massachusetts, is next.It's the home of the Wolverines.
They're stalking around Leicester Middle School.
And moving south to Abbeville, Louisiana, how about the Screaming Eagles?
Vermilion Catholic School rounds out our roll.
President Obama visited the Pentagon earlier this week to discuss the U.S.-led fight against theISIS terrorist group.
He said the military was hitting ISIS harder than ever and wanted to show that the U.S. hadmomentum in the battle.
But he's been criticized for his strategy against ISIS, especially following several ISIS-linkedattacks around the world.
And despite the airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group may bechanging its strategy.
So, counterterrorism officials are working to adjust theirs.
Early on after ISIS's emergence, the focus among U.S. law enforcement, U.S. counterterrorofficials have really been potential ISIS recruits here in America who attempt to travel to thewarzones, in Iraq and Syria and join the fight there, and then possibly come back and bringjihad home.
But more and more, the focus is on potential recruits, who never leave the U.S. homeland orEurope or elsewhere in the world.
Never go to the warzone but stay at home and carry out jihad really on their doorstep.
Now, that change could be due in part to those tougher controls, the efforts to identify andstop potential recruits here in the U.S. or elsewhere in the West, from joining the fight in theMiddle East.
But it is also because ISIS has changed its message, more and more, it is calling on peoplearound the world to carry out jihad right where they are, whatever they can do, take up a gun,make a bomb, and carry out terror attacks particularly with the focus on the West more andmore.
Now, sometimes, those attacks are entirely self-directed, pure lone wolves as we've heard thatterm so often.
But we've also seen ISIS direct and supply and train.
We saw that in Paris. Also suicide attacks in Beirut.
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美國聯邦貯備理事會於昨日宣告自2006年以來的初次加息。
本日的CNN門生消息咱們起首就來存眷這次美聯儲加息。
人們所熟知的美聯儲是美國的中心銀行。
美聯儲的引導者是珍妮特·葉倫，而其職責是贊助穩固美國金融系統。
當商品的價錢上漲過快人們累贅不起的時刻美聯儲就會有相幹舉動出台下降賦閑率及掌握通脹。
並且跟著美國經濟的增加,美聯儲這次宣告將基準利率上調0.25%,這其實不算多。
但在新的一年中大概會慢慢加息。
這象征著假如你乞貸會付出更多利錢,購房者則是面對更高的典質貸款利率,貸款買車的話也會有更高的利率,並且在2016年或以後申請門生貸款的利率也會上漲。
而終極,儲備賬戶存款利率將會上升。
就像上一次《星球大戰》是產生在10年前同樣,並且此次加息時光險些同樣長,美聯儲是在9年後舉行利率上調。
但如今已到美聯儲覺悟的時候,由於3次量化寬松政策後,葉倫如今必需使出她的最強兵器來規復經濟均衡。
她必需讓這把加息的光劍從新閃爍光線,由於距初次加息已經由了過久。
亙古未有的低利率時期給美聯儲帶來了重要經濟成功,但沒過量久,陰郁的經濟原力大概就會乘隙回擊。
好比美聯儲面對著日趨強勢的美元。
縱觀環球美元仍舊壯大。
而相對於的,固然另有勞力市場的風暴及疲軟人為增加。
全部這些都證實最艱苦的困難是連續的低通脹。
如今跟著美聯儲宣告加息人們就會存眷這會造成甚麽樣的影響。
波及的規模，水平及速率若何。
一些人士告誡稱，快速上漲的利率會危及軟弱的經濟蘇醒，同時軟弱的市場會面對更大的壓力。
無庸置疑。這是近10年來初次宣告加息，然則當美聯儲覺悟，也便是珍妮特·耶倫展現本身真實的經濟手段。
CNN消息,理查德·奎斯特，紐約報導。
如今到了點名節目關鍵，咱們來看看這個木曜日有哪3所黌舍會榜上著名。
咱們點名的第一所黌舍是橫田中學。它處於日本的橫田空軍基地。
同窗們，本日很愉快見到你們。
而第二所黌舍則是處於馬薩諸塞州的萊斯特。這是狼獾的家鄉。
它們大概正在萊斯特中學四周仿徨。
接下來咱們向南挪動來到路易斯安那州的阿布維爾,這些鷹的啼聲聽起來若何?
末了一所點名的黌舍是沃米林上帝教黌舍。
本周早些時刻奧巴馬總統拜訪五角大樓評論辯論美國所引導同極度恐懼構造“ISIS”的作戰。
他表現這支部隊對付極度恐懼構造“ISIS”的襲擊力度比以往任什麽時候候都要強,並且願望展示美國在這次作戰中的攻勢。
但總統對“ISIS”的計謀一向飽受質疑,特別是在應答下面“ISIS”教唆在天下各地動員的恐懼打擊事宜方面。
只管伊拉克和敘利亞的“ISIS”遭到空襲,但這個恐懼構造大概會轉變其計謀。
是以反恐官員正在盡力調劑計謀。
在這個極度恐懼構造起先出如今人們視線中時,核心在於美國法律職員,美國反恐官員一向以為這個構造一向在美國招募新兵前去伊拉克和敘利亞的戰區參加戰役,然後把聖戰帶回家。
但隨後重點轉移到了這個極度恐懼構造招募的潛伏新兵身上,他們從沒分開過美邦本土及歐洲及天下其他地域。
從未前去過戰區卻在家中，真的在自家門口舉行聖戰。
如今,這一情勢的轉變多是因為某種水平上更加嚴厲的羈系辦法而至,並且在辨別及阻攔美國或西方其他處所的潛伏新兵參加中東地域戰役也做出了響應盡力。
但也由於極度恐懼構造“ISIS”轉變了本身的計謀, 特殊是跟著西方越發存眷“ISIS”正愈來愈多號令天下各地的人們舉行聖戰,不管他們做甚麽,拿起槍,炸彈展開恐懼打擊。
如今,有時刻這些恐懼打擊是完整自立的, 就像咱們常常聽到的純潔獨狼行為一詞。
但咱們也親眼目擊極度恐懼構造“ISIS”直接謀劃，供給裝備及實行練習。
咱們看到巴黎產生的恐襲事宜。並且貝魯特也產生了自盡式打擊事宜。
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