In an area where manufacturing jobs have disappeared and the unemployment rate has risen above the national average, Mr.Obama called on Congress to pass a new job-creation bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

% Alright. The Fed fund's rate is now at 3 percent, 12,500 the Dow Jones Industrial Average at about 12,500.

好吧，目前美联储的基金利率为，而道琼斯工业平均指数大约在。

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For much of the past century there were average global increases of 1.7 millimeters a year, but that rate doubled between 1993 and 2007.(мظ) Some regions, notably Western Australia have suffered more than others, partly,scientists say, because of how gravitational pull affects tides.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09