عنوان درس: کمک برای بحران رومانی

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After two weeks of intensive talks in Romania, the head of the IMF mission Jeffrey Franks said there was agreement on an overall aid package worth twenty seven billion dollars, most of which will come from the IMF and the EU. The aim of the loan is to finance the country's gaping budget deficit and improve investors' confidence, after a sharp drop in foreign capital inflows.

In just a few months, Romania's economic fate has turned. From a country which last year registered the EU's highest growth rate, it's now shedding thousands of jobs, mainly in the car and steel sectors, and facing the collapse of a property boom.

The bailout may give some temporary relief to the economy, but in an embarrassment to the centre-left governing coalition which came to power late last year promising to raise wages and pensions in what remains one of the EU's poorest countries. Some trade unions are reluctantly backing the deal, but others are threatening strikes if spending cuts are enacted.

Oana Lungescu, BBC News, Brussels

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gaping budget deficit
کسری بودجه قابل توجه

improve investors' confidence
بیشتر کردن اعتماد سرمایه گذاران

a sharp drop
کاهش سریع و قابل توجه

foreign capital inflows
سرازیر شدن سرمایه های خارجی

economic fate has turned
در اینجا: وضعیت اقتصادی (رومانی) بد شده

shedding
از دست دادن، بیرون ریختن

property boom
رونق بازار املاک و مستغلات، افزایش قیمت مسکن

wages
دستمزدها

reluctantly backing
پشتیبانی از روی اکراه، با بی میلی حمایت کردن

enacted
are enacted به اجرا در می آیند