本期内容：

America’s S&P 500 stockmarket index ended the first quarter slightly higher than it was at the turn of the year—an outcome that seemed unlikely after a turbulent start to 2016. Share prices were helped over the line by doveish remarks from Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve. The dollar fell, as the prospect of an increase in American interest rates receded.

词义解析:

S&P: Standard & Poor's, 标普指数
Turbulent: 动荡的
Doveish: 鸽派的
Remarks：言论
Recede：退却