English for Economists | Economic News and English Expressions

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This English vocabulary lesson covers some words related to the topic of digital payments.   Vocabulary includes: Digital Payments / Digital Wallet / Unbanked / Financial Inclusion / Data Breach / Pros and Cons   You can find class notes here: https://www.englishforeconomists.com/digital-payments/

Our English lesson today has to do with climate change and science. The topic is ‘Solar Geoengineering’.  Study with the script to this video: https://www.englishforeconomists.com/solar-geoengineering

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An English vocabulary lesson to help you learn the language you need to discuss the current fertilizer crisis. See lesson notes here: https://www.englishforeconomists.com/fertilizer-shortage/

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Learn useful English vocabulary to talk about inflation. To see the full lesson, visit https://www.englishforeconomists.com/inflation-english-lesson/

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Find show notes and view the video here: https://www.englishforeconomists.com/the-ukrainian-refugee-crisis/

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Our vocabulary today is related to economic sanctions and their impact on currency. If you are listening to this lesson on a podcast, I want you to know that you can also watch the lesson on video on my website. Watching the lesson gives you the benefit of seeing, not just hearing, the highlighted words. CURTAIN Here are our keywords and expressions. You will hear me use them later in context. Lis...

English Lesson: The Deputy Governor of India’s central bank, T Rabi Shankar, said in a speech that cryptocurrencies are not suitable to be defined as a currency, asset, or commodity because they have no underlying cash flows and they have no intrinsic value.  Our vocab: Buzz / Wave of the future / Ponzi scheme / Fiat currency

Well, it has been all over the news this past month. From Brazil to Russia to the United Kingdom, central banks all over the world are raising their interest rates, and analysts expect that the United States Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to begin raising their rates later this year. Learn some useful vocabulary to discuss this global trend. Our highlighted vocabulary in this lesson...

In  this episode, you'll learn these useful words you can use to talk about the global supply chain crisis: Freight: goods transported in bulk by truck, train, ship, or airplane. A related word is “cargo”. Gauge: device or formula for measuring the size, amount, or contents of something. In this case a gauge is used to measure length of time. Glut: an excessively abundant supply of something....

Learn the English vocabulary you need to read, write and speak about the economy in English! Hi. I am Alan Robert, and I am a teacher who specializes in teaching English to economists, and to other professionals who need to speak, read or write about the economy in English. I’ve taught English to economists employed at central banks, pension funds, and utility companies for more than 20 years, and...

Is the current high level of house prices sustainable? Central banks, worried about surging inflation, are tightening monetary policy, including by raising interest rates. In its latest financial-stability report the IMF warned that “downside risks to house prices appear to be significant”. This could reduce prices substantially.  However, in a recent article, the Economist magazine argues th...

Real Estate: Houses or buildings Liability: In this story, liability is debt. Onshore and Offshore: Inside a country and outside of the country Liquidity Crisis: A lack of cash or liquid assets Contagion: The spreading of something negative, like fear, or an illness. Demolish: To knockdown, or tear down, a building.

Surge: a sudden powerful forward or upward movement Variant: a version of something that differs from a standard. Disrupt: to interrupt / to cause a disturbance or problem. Flight crews: the workers responsible for the operation of an aircraft during flight. Contagious: able to be passed from one individual to another through contact Staff shortage: not enough workers to do the job properly Compla...

In this week’s episode, English for Economists looks at the Belt and Road Initiative, the massive global infrastructure development program being promoted and funded by China. But first, our vocabulary: Infrastructure: Infrastructure is the physical and organizational structures and facilities, for example, buildings, airports, roads, the electrical system, ports. Linkage: The connection or interc...

Today's podcast takes a look at some vocabulary you can use to talk about the commercial fishing industry.  Fishery: the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish. Wild fishery: a natural body of water with a fish or other aquatic animal population that can be harvested for its commercial value. Freshwater fishery: Fishery in ponds, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and other inland waterways. The op...

In today’s podcast, we are going to look at what has become a reality for many of you: hybrid work. And by hybrid work, I mean when you some of your job at your traditional place of work, and some of it at home… or at some other place.  Human resource departments and management have a lot of thinking and planning to do so their workers can be productive.  Vocabulary: Workforce: People wh...

Today, our topic is microfinance. Here is the Vocabulary: It is a much longer list today. Listen closely, and listen to this section a few times if you need to! Microfinance: this refers to the financial services provided to low-income individuals or groups who are typically excluded from traditional banking. Working capital: money that the entrepreneur can use for day-to-day operations, or purcha...