1. Dividends and interest on capital are not likely to be paid in the years when the company has not received profit.
2. Since the Stock Exchange is a relatively free market, share prices are sure to fluctuate as market conditions change.
3. Where labour is expensive, firms are likely to substitute a lot of capital for labour.
4. The Stock Exchange operates mainly through stockbrokers who handle transactions for their clients.
5. The more goods are swapped for other goods without being recorded, the less accurate statistic information turns out to be.
6. The government policy proved to have resulted in a rapidly growing unemployment rate.
7. The bank unable to meet its liability in due time cannot expect to stay in business.
8. The clearing system proved to have become a convenient and economical means of settling debts between banks.
9. Their current account happened to have been opened by the same bank as ours.
11. Укажите номера предложений, в которых говорится о том, что было в прошлом, или о том, что могло случиться, но не случилось. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. Since the prices of shares and government securities fluctuate, a seller might receive more or less than he paid for them.
2. Commercial banks must have been required to deposit more of their cash reserves in special deposits at the Central Bank than before.
3. The Central Bank has withdrawn this bank's license. The latter must have been unable to meet its liabilities.
4. The owner of the firm hopes the bank may defer repayment of the loan.
5. The bank is calling in its loans. Its depositors may have withdrawn a lot of their deposits lately or the bank may be accumulating funds for a major lending or investment project.
6. If the bank has refused to issue a deposit, it means they must have been dissatisfied with the information you gave them about yourself.
7. Banks may be said to provide financial services.
8. The coffee market could have grown considerably in Russia in recent years but the purchasing power of population fell after the 1998 financial crisis.
