美国经济 主要英语国家概况 chapter15.ppt

1、,Service Industry,Service Industry,The largest branch of the economy Private business Financial services Travel and tourism Transportation Trade Entertainment Food services Government services Postal service The maintenance of roads Defense,The various kinds of financial institutions Commercial bank

2、s 商业银 Saving and loan associations 储蓄与贷款协会 Saving banks 储蓄银行 Credit unions 信用合作社 Mutual funds 共同基金 The functions of banks intermediaries in the flow of money basic means of exchange The ways of consuming Cash Personal checks same value as Cash Credits make purchase on credit encourage people to spen

3、d more money most Americans are in debt,Financial ServicesService Industry,Central bankThe Federal Reserve System 美国联邦储蓄系统，即美联储 Issues national currency Decides monetary policy such as interest rate Impact on activities of all financial institutions and markets,Financial ServicesService Industry,bus

4、iness to raise capital investors to invest their surplus fund in stock shares,New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) most famous The factors that affect the price for stocks Government policy The prospect of profit of a company The management of a company,Financial ServicesService Industry,Financial Service

5、sService Industry,Bull market 牛市more people want to buy, price go up Bear market 熊市more people want to sell, price fall,A large resource for tourism Vast areas of parks Points of interests Natural wonders,Tourism and Transportation,Tourism and Transportation,Popular Tourist destinationBig cities New

6、 York City, Los Angeles, Washington D. C. and San Francisco,Your Topic Goes Here,Popular Tourist destinationsNational parks The Yellow Stone National parks ，Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon 黄石国家公园 尼亚加拉大瀑布 大峡谷,Your Topic Goes Here,Popular Tourist destinations Theme parks Disney Land Universal Studi

7、o环球工作室迪斯尼乐园,Convenient transportation Railroad Highway the most important means of passenger transportation Roads and streets Airports,Tourism and Transportation,Efficient ways of providing goods 1,manufacturers厂商 wholesalers批发商 retailers零售商 2,manufacturers厂商 large factory outlets厂家直销店 Ways of shopp

8、ing Shopping mall Supermarkets Huge wholesalers stores Online shopping,TradeService Industry,TradeService Industry,Export 1. Machinery and transportation equipment the leading categories of export, accounting for more than 1/3 of the total 2. Electrical equipment, computer products, chemical, and pr

9、ecision instrument Import Labor-intensive products Machinery, raw materials and oil Unfavorable balance of trade,对外贸易逆差 resentment among the American Labor Unions,TradeService Industry,U.S. trade with ChinaIncreased dramatically The top items the U.S. exported to China Electrical machinery & equipment Power generation equipment Oil seeds and fruits Aircraft and spacecraft Medical equipment The top items the U.S. imported from China Power generation equ