欧元区

The body that sets policy at the International Monetary Fund promised that eurozone countries would do whatever is necessary to resolve the euro-area sovereign debt crisis.

IMF内部的政策制定机构承诺，欧元区国家将采取一切必要措施解决欧元区主权债务危机。

The eurozone has the money for this: the currency bloc is in external balance.

欧元区拿得出这笔钱：欧元区对外收支不存在失衡。

In the euro zone, most are based on a fixed rate.

而在欧元区, 大多数按揭贷款的利率是固定的.

In any case, It'smarter for Greece to default inside the euro zone than outside.

对希腊来说,不管怎样, 在欧元区内部违约都比退出欧元区后违约更为明智.

This week the huge euro-zone bail-out fund won a much-coveted AAA rating.

本周,庞大的欧元区 纾 困基金赢得了备受觊觎的AAA评级.

The G 20, however, was silent during the zone crisis.

然而, 在欧元区危机期间,G20保持了沉默.

Although much of the eurozone remains in recession, the composite PMI improved slightly to 48.3 while the German ZEW survey of economic sentiment improved dramatically last month.

尽管很多欧元区国家仍处于衰退当中，但欧元区采购经理人综合指数（pmi）微幅升至48.2，同时德国的zew经济景气指数上月大幅飙升。

More to the point, policymakers who have repeatedly bailed out Greece ( 2.5% of euro-zone GDP) for fear of the consequences of default will surely be petrified of the impact of a wider break-up.

更重要的一点，政策制定者不断地为希腊（占欧元区GDP的2.5%）提供经济援助，正是因为担心希腊退出欧元区而导致更广泛的分崩离析。

Euro-zone leaders initially refused to seek IMF help because it would humiliating.

欧元区领导人起先拒绝向IMF寻求帮助,认为此举令其蒙羞.

Germany 's resurgence has set a challenge for the euro zone's southern members .

德国的复苏已经挑战了欧元区南部成员。

Once investors see that countries can indeed leave the euro, then they will inevitably re-price risk in other eurozone countries intensifying the pressure on Italy and Spain.

一旦投资者认识到一国确实可以退出欧元区，他们将不可避免地对欧元区其他国家重新进行风险定价，那会让意大利和西班牙背负更大的压力。

That means strengthening the eurozone, probably by wider use of Eurobonds and a eurozone deposit insurance scheme.

这意味着要增强欧元区的实力，或许是通过扩大欧元债券的使用范围，并建立一个覆盖整个欧元区的存款保险机制。

Traders have interpreted this to mean that a smaller eurozone may be on the horizon, one where the core members of the euro unite to form a strong fiscal and monetary union, while the peripheral nations exit the common currency and drown in debt.

交易员们将此解读为可能出现一个缩水的欧元区，即欧元区的核心成员国联合起来组建一个强有力的财政货币联盟，而边缘国家将退出欧元，深陷债务泥沼。

The EU says exit from the euro is not an option.

欧盟表示,希腊退出欧元区不是备选方案.

Other eurozone central banks have printed nearly 370 m ? 500 notes.

欧元区的其他央行已经印制近 3.7亿 张面值为500欧元的纸币.

Inflation in the euro area is expected to be close to zero.

欧元区的通胀率也将接近零.

There is not even a mechanism for Greece to leave the eurozone.

就连让希腊脱离欧元区的机制都不存在.

Eurozone authorities are pushing for a deal to lend about € 150bn to the International Monetary Fund, a boost that would give it more firepower to help with the eurozone debt crisis.

欧元区国家政府正推动达成一项协议，拟向国际货币基金组织（IMF）提供约1500亿欧元贷款，这将让IMF在帮助解决欧元区债务危机方面得到更大火力。

The euro zone recovery could yet falter, or prove sickly.

欧元区的复苏可能尚不稳定, 甚至会较为无力.

At present, Eurozone economy and exterior faces some risks in the interior.

目前, 欧元区经济在内部和外部均面临一些风险.

Yield spreads against Germany, the euro zone's benchmark economy, could also widen.

相对于欧元区基准经济体德国的收益率利差也可能扩大.

Second, although there are no obstacles in the EU rules that can prevent the Central and Eastern European Countries ( CEEC) from joining the Euro area, the enlargement of the Euro area should be prudent.

虽然新入盟的东欧国家在加入欧元区的问题上没有任何制度性的障碍，但欧元区的东扩还是应该审慎进行。

The European central bank slashed its eurozone economic outlook for next year, forecasting further contraction at a time of record unemployment, but decided to keep interest rates on hold as it saw no threat from inflation.

欧洲央行（ecb）大幅下调了明年欧元区的经济增长前景，预计欧元区经济在失业率创历史纪录之际进一步收缩，但由于没有发现通胀威胁，因此决定保持利率不变。

Nevertheless, Greece's problems have raised concerns of contagion across the euro-zone periphery.

尽管如此, 希腊的问题也引发了对危机可能蔓延至整个欧元区的担忧.

The good news for people concerned for the future of the euro area is that the chances of a team from the 17-nation zone lifting Europe's premier football trophy is a whopping 86 percent, according to economists at DekaBank.

德国德卡银行经济学家预测称，冠军来自于17个欧元区国家的可能性高达86%。这对于关心欧元区的人们来说是个好消息。

Equally surprising was the euro area's annualized growth of 3.6 %.

同样地令人惊奇的是,欧元区的按年计算的利息增长了3.6%.

The passage of the enlarged euro zone bailout fund last week by all17 euro zone members is just the first step required to bring any sense of normalcy back to the continental capital markets.

上周欧元区全部17个成员国批准对欧元区救助基金进行扩容，但此举只是努力使欧洲资本市场恢复正常所需要的第一步。

The revised version of a closely followed eurozone survey showed manufacturing activity there hitting a new low of 33.9 in December.

受到密切关注的一份欧元区调查显示，经修正，12月欧元区制造业指数降至33.9的新低。

But by 2004, Greece had already gained entrance to the euro.

不过希腊在2004年已经加入了欧元区.

Of course, the eurozone cannot force a change of the European treaties on the non-member states. The veto right is preserved.

当然，欧元区国家无法强迫非欧元区国家接受对欧洲条约做出的改动，它们仍然拥有否决权。