Shares in leading US Banks slumped: bank of America by 16%, Citigroup by 12% and Goldman Sachs by 11%.

主要的美国银行股票都大幅下跌：美国银行跌掉16%，花旗银行跌了12%，高盛跌了11%。

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“I view this as the first sign, the first proof, that the outlook for inflation is improving,” said Bob DiClemente, chief US economist at Citigroup.

花旗集团(Citigroup)首席美国经济学家鲍勃? 狄克里门特(Bob DiClemente)表示：“我认为这是通胀前景正在改善的第一个迹象、第一个证据。”

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Under the deal proposed by Citigroup, the US company would end up with a stake of about 40 per cent of GDB.

按花旗集团提出的协议，这家美国公司最终可持有广发银行约40%的股权。

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More than a dozen financial firms, including JP Morgan and Citigroup of the US, are being investigated by regulators over Libor and Euribor.

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In theory, most vulnerable to the risk that borrowing will become a bit harder and pricier are those in the bottom category of banks, which includes RBS. But RBS can take small comfort that some very big banks - notably Bank of America Corporation and Citigroup of the US - have lower ratings than it does.

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In the US, Citigroup, Texas Instruments ( TXN) and Eli Lilly ( LLY) will release their earnings today.

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