2023年经济学人 特斯拉降价换来27亿美元净利润

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特斯拉降价换来27亿美元净利润

    The world this week--Business

    本周国际要闻--商业

    Britain’s annual rate of inflation stood at 7.9% in June, down from 8.7% in May, a bigger drop than had been expected.

    英国6月份的年通货膨胀率为7.9%，低于5月份的8.7%，降幅大于预期。

    Transport costs fell in the consumer-price index, mostly because of cheaper fuel.

    消费者价格指数中的运输成本下降，主因是燃料价格下降。

    Food inflation eased to 17.3%.

    食品通胀回落至17.3%。

    Core inflation, which strips out energy and food prices, was 6.9%, down slightly from the previous month’s rate.

    剔除能源和食品价格后的核心通胀率为6.9%，较上月略有下降。

    The news was welcomed by the government.

    这个消息受到英国政府的欢迎。

    The Bank of England is still expected to raise interest rates when it next meets, but markets are now expecting a smaller rise of a quarter of a percentage point.

    英国央行预计将在下次会议上加息，但市场目前预计加息幅度较小，仅为0.25个百分点。

    Goldman Sachs reported net income of $1.1bn for the April to June period, its lowest quarterly profit in three years.

    高盛公布，今年4月至6月的净利润为11亿美元，为3年来最低的季度利润。

    Like some other big banks it also saw a slowdown in revenues from trading.

    与其他一些大银行一样，该行的交易收入也出现了放缓。

    Higher interest rates are helping¹ to make up for that shortfall in revenue and boosting profit at other banks.

    利率上涨有助于弥补收入不足，提高其他银行的利润。

    At JPMorgan Chase profit surged by 67%, year on year, to $14.5bn.

    摩根大通的利润同比飙升67%，达到145亿美元。

    Tesla reported a strong net profit of $2.7bn for the second quarter, driven by a big increase in car sales during its price-slashing campaign.

    特斯拉公布第二季度实现了27亿美元的净利润，表现强劲，这得益于其降价活动期间汽车销量的大幅增长。

    Tesla said that it was still on track to deliver 1.8m vehicles this year, though production would dip a bit this quarter.

    特斯拉表示，今年仍有望交付180万辆汽车，尽管本季度产量将略有下降。

    America’s Federal Trade Commission has reportedly opened an investigation² into OpenAI, the artificial- intelligence startup behind ChatGPT, for potentially violating consumer-protection laws.

    据报道，美国联邦贸易委员会已经开始对OpenAI展开调查，OpenAI是ChatGPT背后的人工智能初创公司，因为该公司可能违反了消费者保护法。

    The regulator wants OpenAI to explain its policy on data privacy and how it trains the large language models behind its generative AI.

    监管机构希望OpenAI解释其数据隐私政策，以及它是如何训练生成式人工智能背后的大型语言模型的。

    Sony signed a deal with Microsoft that will continue to make “Call of Duty” available on Sony’s PlayStation once Microsoft takes over Activision Blizzard³, which owns the video-game series.

    索尼与微软签署了一项协议，协议内容是，一旦微软收购了拥有《使命召唤》系列视频游戏的动视暴雪，索尼将可以继续在PlayStation上供应《使命召唤》。

    Sony had been the most vocal⁴ opponent of Microsoft’s acquisition, which a court in America recently gave the green light to.

    索尼一直是反对微软收购反对的最强烈的公司，美国一家法院最近批准了微软的收购。

    As much of Europe sweltered under heat domes⁵, the International Energy Agency warned that “a cold winter, together with a full halt of Russian piped gas supplies to the European Union” could cause natural-gas prices to rise again.

    由于欧洲大部分地区受热穹顶现象影响闷热难当，国际能源机构警告称，“寒冷冬季以及俄罗斯对欧盟天然气管道供应全部中断”，可能会导致天然气价格再次上涨。

    Prices have fallen sharply this year because a mild winter left gas stocks in good shape.

    今年天然气价格大幅下跌，因为暖冬使天然气库存较为充足。

    The IEA thinks that “fierce competition for gas supplies could also emerge if north-east Asia experiences colder-than-usual weather.”

    国际能源机构认为，“如果东北亚遭遇比平时更寒冷的天气，也可能会出现激烈竞争天然气供应的情况。”