VOA慢速英语:Brazil Announces Spending Cuts, New Taxes

transactions – n. a business deal; an event in which goods, services, or money are passed from one person or account to another

subsidies – n. money paid, usually by a government, to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business organization to continue

capital gains – n. profits from the sale of some form of investment

funds – n. investments that use money from many investors to buy securities which are held in a fund which issues shares