Exercise №1

Suggest – 1) предлагать, советовать; 2) предполагать, высказывать предположение; 3) означать, говорить, наводить (на мысль)

1. Policymakers confront a host of complex and interlocking challenges. Nothing that is now happening suggests they will be managed competently, let alone smoothly.

2. Figures released on April 2nd showed that annual gdp growth slowed to 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011, and initial evidence suggests a further deceleration this year.

3. With the world economy currently growing at 4.5%, that suggests the oil price would need to leap, probably above its 2008 peak of almost $150 a barrel, to fell the recovery.

4. Last week the central bank suggested it would ease monetary policy more cautiously than it had in recent months.

5. On the corporate side, trends in orders and shipments suggest that business investment in new equipment grew at a double-digit clip, even faster than in the second quarter.

6. There is evidence to suggest that despite some areas of weakness, the economy may still be on course to grow too quickly for comfort.

7. Friday’s report suggests that August’s rise in unemployment, the only increase this year, was an isolated event and that Europe’s second-largest economy is continuing to create jobs.

8. The IMF suggests that Italian GDP may rise by just 0.3% next year, down a full percentage point from the 1.3% it predicted in June.