breather, poverty line

Poverty line

빈곤선

 

Official statistics put at least a quarter of the population living below the poverty line.

공식 통계치를 보면 적어도 인구의  1/4이 빈곤선 이하로 살고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

 

realistic

현실적인

A UN official says when a more realistic measure of poverty of 75 US dollars per person, per month, is applied, the poverty rate goes up to 70%.

 

 

absence

없음, 부재

An absence of jobs and more recently inflation are to blame.

 

human capital

인적 자원

Experts say the government cannot continue to export human capital and to count on remittances to reduce poverty.

 

social capital

 

breather

숨통을 틔워줌

New York cut state gas taxes by 16 cents a gallon in June to give citizens a little breather from record-high prices.

 

reprieve

일시 구제, 유예

The reprieve is to last until the end of the year and the state was asking counties to consider doing the same.

 

as of 날짜

날짜를 기준으로

Gasoline prices across the US started rising in late April and set records daily since May 10, with prices per gallon reaching above 4 dollars in all 50 states as of mid-June.

 

in today's dollars

현재 달러로 환산하면

Adjusted for inflation though, Americans were still paying less than they did in July 2008 when prices peaked at 5 dollars a gallon in today's dollars.