The Federal Reserve, the central bank, looks at inflation stuck at 3. | Beginner Italian class Nº060

Today's story: The Federal Reserve, the central bank, looks at inflation stuck at 3.4% in the United States. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Italian: La Federal Reserve, banca centrale, guarda a un’inflazione ferma al 3,4% negli Stati Uniti
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:34) Three more stories today
(01:40) Today's headline, slowly
(02:10) The headline, word by word
(02:49) The verb remain
(03:32) More and less
(04:17) Deciding and looking at data
(05:11) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
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TODAY'S ITALIAN TEXT
La Federal Reserve, banca centrale, guarda a un’inflazione ferma al 3,4% negli Stati Uniti
La benzina sale del 3,9% nel mese scorso.
Il dato non cambia rispetto a luglio.
Il diesel costa più di 6 dollari per gallone in media.
La prossima settimana la Federal Reserve decide sui tassi di interesse.
La Federal Reserve guarda i dati ufficiali.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (restare)
- vocabulary (non cambia)
- vocabulary (più di)
- vocabulary (decide)
- vocabulary (guarda)
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