Economy #22

ILR 2 · Economy · TV news script · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What does the segment cover?

Question 2 of 5Why did bank shares fall?

Question 3 of 5What was last month's inflation?

Question 4 of 5What drove the telecom company's profits?

Question 5 of 5What is the purpose of raising interest rates here?

Vocabulary

الْفِقْرَةsegment

جَلْسَة(trading) session

كَبْحcurbing

أَرْبَاح صَافِيَةnet profits

بِفَضْلِthanks to

سِعْر الصَّرْفexchange rate

اسْتَقَرَّstabilized

بِمِقْدَارby an amount of

غِرَامgram