The word " seeding" (line 13) means
The words "stumbling block" (lines 15 -16) mean
The words "under cover of" (line 14) mean
The words " make most of" (line 25) mean
The word "while" (line 10) suggests an idea of
Read the Text 2 and choose the correct alternatives from number 13 to 22.
"At least, in theory", the expression in black means
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THE GOLDILOCKS SCENARIO CONTINUES
As the new Millennium gets under way, the US economy completes its ninth year of expansion. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates three times last year to temper the economy's expansion, which is the longest in US history. The benchmark lending rate was 5.5% at the start of the new year.
Analysts have been predicting that US interest rates would go up again when the Federal Open Market Committee meets. The economy's performance in the past calendar years (1996 to 1999) has surpassed all but the most optimistic predictions at the beginning of the period.
Growth of the economy has exceeded 4% in each of these years ...
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IMF COMPLETES BRAZIL FIFTH REVIEW
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review under the Stand-By credit for Brazil. As a result, Brazil will be able to draw, if needed, up to the equivalent of SDR 814.05 million ( about US$1,066 million ) from the IMF.
In commenting on the Executive Board's discussion of the review, Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, made the following statement:
"Executive Directors commended the authorities for the performance of the Brazilian economy under the Government's program and noted with satisfaction that developments in the Brazilian economy since the completion ...
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The politics of administrative reform
Most countries of Latin America stabilized and opened their economies in the first generation of market oriented reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Now they face a much more costly and protracted task of rebuilding state capacity to deliver social services, regulate the economy, avoid recurrent fiscal crises, and improve the overall functioning of government. Why have some countries progressed further on administrative reform than other countries? Administrative reform usually starts with small groups of reformers within the executive branch. Among factors that facilitate reform are: balance of payments and fisc...INGLÊS
Atenção: As questões de números 91 a 95 referem-se ao texto abaixo.
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