CATTI口譯短文：美國(guó)有望臨時(shí)提高債務(wù)上限

The White House and Republicans moved towards a temporary agreement on a short-term extension of the US debt limit, raising tentative hopes of averting a potential default by the world’s largest economy.

白宮(White House)和共和黨就短期提高美國(guó)債務(wù)上限達(dá)成了一項(xiàng)臨時(shí)協(xié)議，令人對(duì)世界最大經(jīng)濟(jì)體避免潛在違約產(chǎn)生初步期待。

Amid mounting global pressure for a deal, Barack Obama said he would consider signing a six-week extension of US borrowings offered by the Republican leadership in Congress. The accord offered a chance of defusing the issue a week before the deadline to lift the debt limit.

面臨著越來(lái)越大的國(guó)際壓力，巴拉克奧巴馬(Barack Obama)表示，他會(huì)考慮簽署國(guó)會(huì)共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層提出的將美債上限延長(zhǎng)六周的提案。距離最后期限僅一周之際，這一協(xié)議為化解問(wèn)題提供了一次機(jī)會(huì)。

Financial markets responded favorably to the signs of a thaw in Washington, with the S&P 500 up 1.7 per cent at midday and set for its best one-day rise since the start of the year.

金融市場(chǎng)對(duì)華盛頓打破僵局的跡象反應(yīng)積極，標(biāo)普500指數(shù)(S&P 500)截至午盤(pán)上漲1.7%，有望實(shí)現(xiàn)今年初以來(lái)最大單日漲幅。

However, the White House said it would have to see a detailed proposal, and the Republican leadership, which has been buffeted by uncompromising Tea Party members in its caucus, will also have to secure the votes in Congress for the measure.

然而，白宮表示必須要看到詳細(xì)的提案。而在黨團(tuán)會(huì)議中受到不妥協(xié)的茶黨(Tea Party)成員施壓的共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層也將不得不在國(guó)會(huì)爭(zhēng)取到足夠票數(shù)，使該提案獲得通過(guò)。

“I am hoping [Mr Obama] would look at this as a good-faith measure to move half way so that a conversation can begin,” John Boehner, the Republican House speaker, said ahead of a White House meeting with Mr Obama.

共和黨籍的眾議院議長(zhǎng)約翰?博納(John Boehner，見(jiàn)上圖)在與奧巴馬在白宮開(kāi)會(huì)之前表示：“我希望(奧巴馬)將此看作一項(xiàng)作出妥協(xié)的誠(chéng)意之舉，從而開(kāi)啟談話。”

Jay Carney, a spokesman for Mr Obama, said: “The president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing in the House?...?but he believes it would be far better for the Congress to raise the debt ceiling for an extended period of time.”

白宮發(fā)言人杰伊卡尼(Jay Carney)說(shuō)：“讓總統(tǒng)感到欣慰的是，至少眾議院頭腦比較清醒的人開(kāi)始占上風(fēng)……但他認(rèn)為，國(guó)會(huì)最好能夠長(zhǎng)期提高債務(wù)上限。”

Sustaining a truce on the debt limit will be difficult, analysts cautioned. It will also leave large parts of the US government still closed in a parallel but related stand-off over the budget that led to a partial shutdown 10 days ago.

分析師們告誡稱，在債務(wù)上限問(wèn)題上保持“休戰(zhàn)”將很困難。這將會(huì)讓美國(guó)政府的很多部門依然處于關(guān)門狀態(tài);10天前，圍繞預(yù)算的一場(chǎng)平行但相關(guān)的對(duì)峙導(dǎo)致美國(guó)政府部分停擺。

The Republican leadership wants to take the threat of sovereign default off the table to allow it to refocus attention on the budget, an issue where it thinks it has a stronger negotiating position.

共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層希望消除主權(quán)債務(wù)違約的威脅，從而將精力轉(zhuǎn)向預(yù)算。他們認(rèn)為，自己在預(yù)算問(wèn)題上具有更強(qiáng)的談判地位。

The prospect of a deal pushed Treasury bill yields higher on paper set to mature in late November and early December. Bills serve a crucial role in the global financial system as collateral for bank funding and derivatives, and the sector has been hit by the specter of any delay in bill payments by the US Treasury. Jack Lew, US Treasury secretary, earlier said there was no guarantee that international investors would take priority over social security recipients and other creditors in the event of a default.

達(dá)成協(xié)議的前景，提高了11月末和12月初到期的美國(guó)短期國(guó)債的收益率。作為銀行融資和衍生品的抵押物，美國(guó)短期國(guó)債在全球金融體系中發(fā)揮著關(guān)鍵作用，而這些債券近來(lái)受到美國(guó)財(cái)政部拖欠償付可能性的沖擊。美國(guó)財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)杰克盧(Jack Lew)早些時(shí)候指出，若發(fā)生違約，國(guó)際投資者相對(duì)于社保受益人和其他債權(quán)人的優(yōu)先權(quán)并無(wú)保障。