Английский разговорный язык. Практическое пособие по развитию устной речи

MPC (marginal propensity to consume)  – предельная склонность к потреблению (показатель, которым характеризуется функциональная зависимость текущих потребительских расходов от величины доходов)

tightening mode – напряженность, жесткость

with judgments about economic prospects difficult – в условиях, когда трудно судить об экономических перспективах

headline price – цены на ведущие товары и продукты

inflation expectations – инфляционные ожидания

touch upon – коснуться ( чего-либо )

head off – предвосхитить

inflationary wage demands – требования повышения заработной платы, вызванные инфляционными ожиданиями

contain prices – сдерживать цены

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation(REC)  – профессиональный союз, представляющий интересы работников службы занятости

KPMG – международная аудиторская и налоговая компания

pay inflation – инфляция, вызванная ростом заработной платы

permanent jobs – постоянные рабочие места

temporary work – временная работа

competition for talent – конкуренция среди работодателей, направленная на поиск и найм наиболее талантливых рабочих и служащих

against a background – на фоне

push up

– толкать вверх

wage bills – чеки на заработную плату

high-profile private sector – крупные предприятия частного сектора

pay settlement – договоренность об уровне заработной платы между работодателями и работниками

wage demand – требования по повышению заработной платы

RPI (retail price index)  – индекс розничных цен

interest payments – выплаты процентов

utility bills – счета за коммунальные услуги

gas prices – цены на газ

electronic equipment – электронное оборудование

core inflation – «чистая» инфляция

US Warns UAE on Trade with Iran, Syria

Washington is alarmed at the diversion of militarily sensitive technology to Iran and Syria via Dubai, a US official said on Thursday.

«Increasing numbers of controlled items are being diverted from ports in the United Arab Emirates – Dubai – to Syria and Iran,» the administration official said, threatening unspecified action if this was not halted.

The concerns have been shared with US trade negotiators and are likely to further strain US – UAE free trade talks.

Concerns centre on the transshipment of technology with conventional military uses, such as sensors, and come as the US tightens controls on exports to China, a supplier of military technology and hardware to Iran. The official said: «If we see no action in the coming months, we may have to take other steps.» The threat underlines the difficulties for US relations in the region arising from the White House policy of isolating Iran and Syria, said Philip Gordon, a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

«This comes at a time when the administration is trying to resist calls from the Iraq Study Group to engage with Tehran,» he said, adding the comments served to highlight the view that Iran and Syria were a threat to global security.

«Diplomatic or economic retaliation against the UAE by the US was not inevitable,» the official said. «It would be designed to send a message to other countries that this is a serious and important issue for the US and that actions will have consequences.»

The administration has also briefed key members of Congress, where there is bipartisan support for more pressure on the UAE.

A congressional aide familiar with the briefings said: "The administration\'s view is that… we get pretty good cooperation from the UAE. We can go to them and say, «There is a ship and it has got this specific component on board and we don\'t want it going to Tehran.»

«But if it is not a missile component or something that can be linked directly to weapons of mass destruction, then maybe some of the princes will look the other way,» said the aide.

«The view in Congress is that Iran and its desire to get nuclear weapons has to be the overriding concern when set against economic goals… we are just as concerned about delivery systems and the conventional components.»

Concerns about shipping in Dubai led to this week\'s sale of five US container terminals by DP World, the Dubai ports operator.

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By Eoin Callan and Guy Dinmore in Washington

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aide – помощник конгрессмена

alarm – тревога, беспокойство; тревожить, беспокоить

arise – вставать, подниматься

brief – короткий, краткий; дать краткое изложение, извещать коротко и ясно