【诵读·速记】经济学人选读：印度央行将基准利率下调

India’s central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, to 6.25%. It was the first big policy decision taken under the new governor, Shaktikanta Das. Mr Das was given the job after Urjit Patel quit amid a quarrel with the government, which has been nagging the bank to do more to boost the economy ahead of this year’s election.

单词速记

1. key interest rate  基准利率

2. governor 州长；此处指印度央行行长。

3. nag [næg] v. 絮叨

4. boost [buːst] v. 促进，宣扬 n. 推动

注：

印度央行称为“印度储备银行”，即Reserve Bank of India，缩写为RBI，其行长称为Governer。

很多国家的中央银行都称为“储备银行”，用reserve表达，如：Reserve Bank of New Zealand，Reserve Bank of Australia，Reserve Bank of Fiji。

美联储之所以成为“美联储”，因为它用的也是reserve，即The Federal Reserve，其领导人和印度央行一样，也成为Governer。

Federal Reserve