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本周國際要聞——商業
Britain’s annual rate of inflation dipped slightly to 3.1% in September, pulled down by a fall in restaurant prices.
餐廳價格下調使英國9月份的年通貨膨脹率小幅下降至3.1%。
As in other countries, inflation is expected to remain high because of the dual crunch in energy markets and supply chains.
與其他國家一樣，由于能源市場和供應鏈的雙重緊縮，通脹率預計仍將居高不下。
Speaking before the release of the data, Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, said that action might be needed to tame inflationary pressures.
英國央行行長安德魯·貝利在數據發布前表示，可能需要采取行動來緩解通脹壓力。
Some saw this as a sign that the central bank will raise interest rates before Christmas, though Mr Bailey suggested he is more concerned about taming prices over the medium term.
一些人認為這是央行將在圣誕節前提高利率的信號，盡管貝利表示，他更關心在中期控制物價。
Jens Weidmann announced that he would step down as president of Germany’s Bundesbank, a position he has held since 2011.
延斯·魏德曼宣布將辭去德國央行行長一職，他自2011年以來一直擔任該職務。
As a leading hawk on the European Central Bank’s council, Mr Weidmann was a vocal critic of quantitative easing, saying in 2019 that the ECB had overreacted to the euro zone’s slowdown.
作為歐洲央行理事會的主要鷹派人物，魏德曼曾直言不諱地批評量化寬松政策，他曾在2019年表示，歐洲央行對歐元區經濟放緩反應過度。
In remarks this week he warned central bankers “not to lose sight of prospective inflationary dangers”.
在本周的講話中，他警告各國央行行長“不要忽視潛在的通脹危險”。
European gas prices surged again, after a closely watched auction of pipeline capacity suggested that Russia will not increase its supply in the coming weeks.
歐洲天然氣價格再度飆升，此前備受關注的管道產能拍賣表明，俄羅斯將不會在未來幾周增加供應。
Russia provided 43% of the European Union’s gas imports last year.
去年歐盟43%的天然氣進口來自俄羅斯。
The Kremlin denies it is withholding supplies as a way of pressing Germany to certify Russia’s recently completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
克里姆林宮否認其暫停供應是為了迫使德國批準最近竣工的北溪2號管道。
In Germany a senior Green politician accused Russia of blackmail and said the pipeline should not get a permit.
在德國，一名資深綠黨政客指責俄羅斯敲詐勒索，并表示該管道不應該獲得許可。
Tesla reported quarterly records for both revenue ($13.8bn) and net profit ($1.6bn).
特斯拉公布了季度營收（138億美元）和凈利潤（16億美元）的記錄數據。
The electric-carmaker delivered its most vehicles ever in the quarter, overcoming a shortage of chips that has put a dent in the sales figures of other car companies.
這家電動汽車制造商在本季度交付了有史以來最多的汽車，克服了芯片短缺的問題，而芯片短缺已經挫傷了其它汽車公司的銷售數據。
America’s first bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund listed in New York.
美國首只與比特幣相關的交易所交易基金(ETF)在紐約上市。
Investments are made in bitcoin futures, not the cryptocurrency itself.
投資對象是比特幣期貨，而不是加密貨幣本身。
The price of a bitcoin reached a new high, rising above $67,000 for the first time.
比特幣價格再創新高，首次突破6.7萬美元。
The IMF is looking for a new chief economist.
國際貨幣基金組織正在尋找新的首席經濟學家。
Gita Gopinath is leaving the job in January and returning to her academic position at Harvard.
吉塔·戈皮納特將于明年1月離職，重回她在哈佛大學的學術崗位。
Another 4.4m subscribers signed up to Netflix in the third quarter, taking its total customer base to 214m.
第三季度，Netflix又新增440萬簽約用戶，這使其客戶總數達到2.14億。
North America still accounts for the biggest chunk of revenue at the streaming service, though Europe (and the Middle East) is closing the gap in the number of most users: 70.5m compared with 74m in North America.
北美仍然占流媒體服務收入的最大份額，盡管歐洲（和中東）正在縮小最高用戶數量上的差距：歐洲有7050萬用戶，而北美的用戶數量為7400萬。
Netflix’s production schedule was disrupted by covid-19 but is now back on track and it is releasing oodles of new content in the coming months.
Netflix的制作計劃因新冠疫情被打亂，但現在已回到正軌，并將在接下來的幾個月發布大量新內容。
It is also acquiring the rights to Roald Dahl’s stories.
它還獲得了羅爾德·達爾小說的版權。
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