In the short term, we're doing everything we can to boost safe and responsible oil production here at home - in fact, last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003.

从短期来看，我们将尽一切努力来增强国内石油生产的安全性和责任意识——事实是，美国去年的石油生产量就已经达到了自2003年以来的最高水平。

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Inward migration last year reached its highest level since the current method of counting was introduced 17 years ago, with 605,000 long-term migrants arriving in the 12 months to mid-2007.

去年移民流入达到自17年前开始采用现行计算方法以来的最高水平。在截至2007年中期的12个月中，长期移民人数达到60.5万人。

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The London interbank offered rate, at which banks lend money to each other, rose on Thursday to 0.37%, its highest level since last August, a sign that short-term cash is becoming scarcer for banks.

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And since the ECB started its long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) programme last November, they have been getting quite a lot of longer term funding from that source as well.

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