(感謝每日一經濟學人分享以下文章) 政治篇: 1.Carles Puigdemont, the exiled former leader of Catalonia, said that any support from his Catalan independence party to keep Spain’s Socialist government in power would depend on granting an amnesty for separatists who had carried out illegal acts. Spain has been in political limbo since an election in July, which was won by the opposition People’s Party but without a majority in parliament. The PP will try to form a government this month. If it fails, as is likely, the Socialists may be asked to try, or a new election could be called. 流亡的 (西班牙) 加泰隆尼亞前領導人 Carles Puigdemont 表示他的加泰隆尼亞獨立黨對社會黨政府保住權力的任何支持都取決於後者 (即社會黨) 是否對實施非法行徑之分離主義者們進行大赦。自 (今年) 七月選舉以來，西班牙一直處於政治困境；在野的人民黨贏得了選舉，但在國會中未能獲得多數席次。人民黨將嘗試在本月組建政府；如果失敗 (且很有可能)，社會黨可能會被要求嘗試組建政府，或者可能舉行新一輪的選舉。經濟: 1.American officials claimed that Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, was preparing to travel to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin. They said the purpose of the meeting was to seal an arms deal that would send North Korean artillery shells and anti-tank missiles to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. It would be the dictator’s first trip abroad in more than four years. 美國官員們聲稱北韓獨裁者金正恩正準備前往俄國會見普丁。據傳這次會議之目的是達成一項武器協議，即向在烏克蘭作戰的俄國軍隊運送北韓的砲彈和反坦克導彈。這將是金正恩四年多來首次出國。 2.The problems afflicting China’s economy are best illustrated by the slump in its once-mighty trade prowess. The country’s exports fell by 8.8% in August, year on year, the fourth month in a row of decline (in July they plunged by 14.5%). Outbound shipments from China to Japan dropped by 20%. 中國經濟所面臨的問題之最明顯反應在其強大貿易實力的下滑。中國 (2023年) 八月出口與去年 (2022年) 同期相比減少了 8.8%，連續第四個月下降 (七月下降了 14.5%)。從中國出口到日本的貨物減少了 20%。 3.Saudi Arabia and Russia surprised markets by extending their voluntary cuts in oil production until the end of 2023, rather than October, as had been expected. Prices jumped in response; a barrel of Brent crude traded at $90 for the first time since November last year. Some analysts think that Russia will try to maintain higher oil prices, and thus higher fuel prices, to put pressure on the Biden administration ahead of next year’s presidential election in America. 沙烏地阿拉伯和俄羅斯出乎意料地將其自願石油減產措施延長至 2023年底，而不是預期的 (2023年) 十月。油價應聲上漲；布蘭特原油價格自去年 (2022年) 11月以來首次達到每桶 90美元。有些分析師認為俄國正試圖維持較高的油價、提高燃料價格，以在明年 (2024年) 美國總統選舉前向拜登 (Biden) 政府施加壓力。 4. The notion that Britain’s GDP is still below its pre-pandemic level was overturned by a revision to official statistics. It turns out that GDP had grown by 0.6% between the end of 2019 and the end of 2021, rather than shrinking by 1.2%. As more complete data emerged, the Office for National Statistics found that companies had been adding to their stock of goods, rather than depleting them, and that the wholesale trade and health-care sectors expanded at a much faster pace than had been thought. 英國的國內生產總額 (GDP) 仍低於疫情前水準的觀點被官方統計之修訂 (數據) 所推翻。數據證明，在 2019年底至 2021年底之間，(英國 GDP) 實際成長了 0.6%，而不是縮減了 1.2%。隨著更完整的數據浮現，國家統計局 (Office for National Statistics) 發現，企業一直在增加，而非減少商品庫存，而且批發貿易和醫療保健部門的擴張速度遠比之前估計更快。 5.Novo Nordisk became Europe’s most valuable listed company, after its treatment for weight loss, Wegovy, was made available in Britain. The Danish pharmaceutical group’s market capitalisation stood at $428bn at the close of business on September 4th, putting it ahead of LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury-goods firm. 諾和諾德 (Novo Nordisk) 在其減肥藥 Wegovy 在英國上市後，成為了歐洲市值最高的上市公司。截至 (2023年) 9月4日收盤，這家丹麥製藥集團的市值達到 4,280億美元，超過了全球最大的奢侈品公司 LVMH。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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