news.com AU 最近読んでます。
こんな感じ↓で表現も比較的簡単で、まとまりも良く気に行ってます。
今回のだと、
Those commodity price gains....The political tension....と原因となっている事を主語にして簡潔に説明した後、Although... ,focus also on... ,for now.... ,as long as....と条件や仮定を明確にして、その場合どうなるのかリズムよく述べています。英語の勉強にもなります。
業界の事情などは乗ってませんが、ぎゃくに読んでも分からないので,,,
まぁそこに有益なネタがあるのかもしれませんが、
ちなみに、よく見かける表現、英語だとこうなるんですね～
◎ we had quite a strong night for commodity prices
◎Mr Jones said he expected the dollar to trade in a range between 98.70 US cents and 99.25 cents today
◎“Certainly, the situation in Egypt is what’s driving currencies, for now the fundamentals are taking a bit of a back seat as the attitude towards risk tends to dominate.
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“On the one hand, we had quite a strong night for commodity prices with oil prices up four per cent, gold prices rising nearly 2 per cent.
“Those commodity price gains certainly provided some support for the Aussie dollar, but late in the night we had a flaring of concerns about Egypt.
“The political tension there that seems to be escalating saw risk appetite globally dry up very quickly. Equity markets declined sharply.”
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) board meets tomorrow to decide whether to move the cash rate.
All 15 economists surveyed by AAP expect the central bank to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.75 per cent.
Although the decision was predictable, Mr Jones said the market would be reading the short statement that comes out with the decision to see whether the RBA has changed its outlook after the Queensland floods.
Mr Jones said the market would focus also on the release of US employment data on Friday, but the turmoil in Egypt was likely dominate markets this week.
“Certainly, the situation in Egypt is what’s driving currencies, for now the fundamentals are taking a bit of a back seat as the attitude towards risk tends to dominate.
“As long as the situation persists, we’re going to see the Aussie dollar sold,” he said.
Mr Jones said he expected the dollar to trade in a range between 98.70 US cents and 99.25 cents today.