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#Questão 486587 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, ESAF, 2001, BACEN, Analista (Prova 1

Read the text below in order to answer questions 34 to 36:

Fed steers US rates lower by quarter point

The US Federal Reserve last night demonstrated its determination to steer the American economy away from recession when it cut its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signalled that borrowing costs could fall again.

The Fed announced it was cutting its funds rate by a quarter of a point to 3.5 per cent, its lowest for seven years, and also reduced its largely symbolic discount rate. The discount rate fell a quarter of a point to 3 per cent, matching lows seen in the early 1990's.

In a statement released alongside the rate decision, the Fed reiterated its so-called "easing bias", a signal that rates are more likely to fall than rise, saying that the risks to the US economy remained "weighted mainly toward economic weakness".

The Fed said: "Business profits and capital spending continue to weaken and growth abroad is slowing, weighing on the US economy".

According to the text, the US Federal Reserve

A) might reduce its interest rate for the 7^th time

B) has been cutting its interest rate 7 times a year.

C)

has been trying to guide the US economy towards recession.

D)

may soon announce its willingness to reduce interest rates.

E) has decided to reduce its interest rates.

#Questão 486591 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, ESAF, 2001, BACEN, Analista (Prova 1

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 33:

The world's three largest economies are limping. Emerging markets are drifting into financial crisis.

Emerson: Are we sliding into global recession? Hormats: The risk is growing, but we are not there yet. Almost every economy on the globe is slowing down. We haven%u2019t seen this kind of sharp, synchronized downturn for years.

E: Is this the dark side of globalization?

H: You could say that. With the rapid increase in global trade and investment flows, growth in one country has a greater probability of contributing to growth in others. But the reverse is also true. When the world%u2019s largest economy experiences a sharp drop, that inevitably drags down others.

E: There are twin worries now: global recession and financial contagion in emerging markets. Is this more dangerous than the financial contagion of 1997-1998? H: In 1997, a financial crisis in emerging markets led to recession in those economies. But most were able to export their way out, because the US and Europe were growing. Now all major economies are slowing down, as Argentina and Turkey are facing financial crisis. So yes, this situation is more dangerous for them. Even for the industrialized countries there is no locomotive. Countries cannot count on restoring growth by exporting a lot more to one another.

According to the text,

A)

a slowdown in the US economy does not affect the global economy.

B)

the three largest economies are insulated from this global downturn.

C)

the economies of the world are closely linked and interdependent.

D)

globalization prevents financial contagion and global recession.

E)

emerging countries have constantly had the foresight to cut taxes.

#Questão 483092 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, ESAF, 2000, STN, Analista de Finanças e Controle AFC (Prova 1

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

THE CONFIDENCE QUESTION

What's absent from today's economic discourse is the concept of consumer and investor confidence in a nation's government and economy. This wasn't always the case. As the Cambridge don John Maynard Keynes put it: "The state of confidence, as they term it, is a matter to which practical men pay the closest and most anxious attention". Another Cambridge economist of his era, Frederick Lavington, identified confidence as a key component of the business cycle. His 1922 book The Trade Cycle described the "tendency for confidence to pass into errors of optimism or pessimism", which triggers booms and busts.

To see how misguided economic theories have laid waste to confidence lately, look at Argentina. Consumers, investors and businessmen are gloomy, fed up with the government's policies. Foreign direct investment has fallen 66% in the last year. The economy is flat, rising just 0.9% in this year's first quarter, compared with the first quarter of 1999. There are even dire warnings of debt default.

Argentina suffers from a lack of confidence. The only way to cure it is with a big bang, as Thatcher did in Britain. Cut taxes and government spending to start.

In the writer's opinion, what elements ought to be reduced?

A) Investments and taxes

B) Government spending and confidence

C) Foreign investment and tariffs

D) Foreign debt and interest rates

E) Taxation and government expenditure

#Questão 483094 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, ESAF, 2000, STN, Analista de Finanças e Controle AFC (Prova 1

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

THE CONFIDENCE QUESTION

What's absent from today's economic discourse is the concept of consumer and investor confidence in a nation's government and economy. This wasn't always the case. As the Cambridge don John Maynard Keynes put it: "The state of confidence, as they term it, is a matter to which practical men pay the closest and most anxious attention". Another Cambridge economist of his era, Frederick Lavington, identified confidence as a key component of the business cycle. His 1922 book The Trade Cycle described the "tendency for confidence to pass into errors of optimism or pessimism", which triggers booms and busts.

To see how misguided economic theories have laid waste to confidence lately, look at Argentina. Consumers, investors and businessmen are gloomy, fed up with the government's policies. Foreign direct investment has fallen 66% in the last year. The economy is flat, rising just 0.9% in this year's first quarter, compared with the first quarter of 1999. There are even dire warnings of debt default.

Argentina suffers from a lack of confidence. The only way to cure it is with a big bang, as Thatcher did in Britain. Cut taxes and government spending to start.

Which of the statements below reflects the content of the text?

A)

Foreign investments have remained high in Argentina

B)

The Argentine financial market has been expanding

C)

Argentina's economy would benefit from a dose of confidence

D)

The economic discourse in Argentina reflects its optimism

E)

Argentina's economic system might soon be dollarized

#Questão 483096 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, ESAF, 2000, STN, Analista de Finanças e Controle AFC (Prova 1

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

THE CONFIDENCE QUESTION

What's absent from today's economic discourse is the concept of consumer and investor confidence in a nation's government and economy. This wasn't always the case. As the Cambridge don John Maynard Keynes put it: "The state of confidence, as they term it, is a matter to which practical men pay the closest and most anxious attention". Another Cambridge economist of his era, Frederick Lavington, identified confidence as a key component of the business cycle. His 1922 book The Trade Cycle described the "tendency for confidence to pass into errors of optimism or pessimism", which triggers booms and busts.

To see how misguided economic theories have laid waste to confidence lately, look at Argentina. Consumers, investors and businessmen are gloomy, fed up with the government's policies. Foreign direct investment has fallen 66% in the last year. The economy is flat, rising just 0.9% in this year's first quarter, compared with the first quarter of 1999. There are even dire warnings of debt default.

Argentina suffers from a lack of confidence. The only way to cure it is with a big bang, as Thatcher did in Britain. Cut taxes and government spending to start.

Confidence, according to the author,

A) encourages both change and growth

B) produces unemployment and recession

C) is part of the Argentine posture

D) makes consumers and investors feel gloomy

E) is merely a philosophical worry

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