Exercise № 10

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 428.

rate - 1)размер, норма; 2) ставка, тариф; 3) курс; 4) темп, скорость;5) коэффициент, показатель, степень; 6) разряд, сорт, класс.

Translate the following word combinations and sentences into Russian.

growth rate, interest rate, rate of inflation, unemployment rate, birth rate, exchange rate, dollar rate, wage rate, profit rate, freight rate, output rate, penalty rate, tax rate, at an annual rate, rate of profitability.

1) The unemployment rate represents unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force.

2) The rate of profit is the best indicator of the ‘health' of a capitalist economy.

3) The soaring unemployment rate is a lagging indicator of the financial problems in the euro zone, and is not terribly surprising given (учитывая) all the bad news coming from Europe in the last couple of years.

4) Latvia has one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe, mostly driven by expansion in consumption and credit.

5) The US and Europe have also criticised China's exchange rate controls; accusing China of making their exports artificially cheap and giving Chinese manufacturers an unfair advantage over European and American producers.

6) The U.S. birth rate has dropped to the lowest level since national data have been available, according to statistics just released by the Centers for Disease Control.

7) Some economists expect the Bank of England committee to consider an interest rate increase in May, when more data on inflation and the economy in the first quarter will be available.

8) The UK rate of inflation fell last month to a two-and-a-half year low owing to slowing fuel and food prices.

9) The unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. That was the fourth month in a row that the jobless number has fallen, and it was the lowest level that gauge of economy has been since February 2009.

10) Freight rates have plummeted in recent months, thanks to weak demand and an oversupply of container ships.

11) The economy in the U.S. grew at a 3 percent annual rate in the last three months of 2011, the same as previously estimated, while corporate profits climbed at the slowest pace in three years.