1. The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the______on savings bonds. 2. The______point decline to 6 %

admin2012-10-17  30

问题 1. The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the______on savings bonds.
2. The______point decline to 6 % came as no surprise to investors.
3. The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring it______other market interest rates.
4. Money______are now yielding just over 5 % .
5. Five-year treasury notes are trading at about______.
6. The government has been______to people buying savings bonds.
7. It’s turned out to be an expensive way to finance______.
8. The relatively generous______rate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past few months.
9. Since the beginning of August, sales have______the usual pace.
10. This week,______buy savings bonds intensified.
11. It is reported that the Section was going to______any day.
12. Savings bonds bought before tomorrow will still yield______.
  
Part One
    The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the guaranteed interest rate on savings bonds. ABS’s Micheal Lee reports that the 2/3 point decline to 6% came as no surprise to investors. The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring it in line with other market interest rates which have been falling all year. For instance, money market mutual funds are now yielding just over 5 % ; five-year treasury notes are trading at about 6.5 % . So the government has been paying a premium to people buying savings bonds, and it’s turned out to be an expensive way to finance the public debt .The relatively generous 7.5% rate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past few months. Since the beginning of August, sales have been about double the usual pace. And this week, the rush to buy savings bonds intensified because of reports that the Section was going to cut the rate any day, and people wanted to lock in the old rate. Savings bonds bought before tomorrow, the day the cut goes into effect, will still yield 7.5 % . I’m Micheal Lee in Washington. DC.

选项

答案been about double

解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/q1YsFFFM
0

随机试题
最新回复(0)