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看了今天联邦银行的市场干预措施,还有降息的可能呢。(Aug. 17, 2007)$ R* `' s" y( k ~4 t T" F
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( R/ p. Y, i* j& j0 N4 E! e$ \In response to the economic uncertainty, the Fed made the unexpected move of approving a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks before trading began。The Fed decision sent the loonie surging 1.22 cents to 94.22 cents US -- after running as high as 94.74 cents US -- as the greenback weakened.0 X' k) W I/ F, K8 ~6 O
: e3 i4 J5 q" q0 IToronto's S&P/TSX composite index was ahead 111.84 points to 12,960.54 after jumping almost 400 points -- still in positive territory for the year after a 200.06-point slide Thursday wiped out the TSX's gains for the year so far.
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" O, ]* N! {* M3 r% l( x' b* `- \On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials came down from a 322-point advance but were ahead 120.06 points at late morning at 12,965.84.
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8 t# O" ]3 ?4 N# D+ X. K3 `The Fed decision means the discount rate -- the interest rate that it charges to make direct loans to banks -- will be lowered to 5.75 per cent, down from 6.25 per cent. - B. \' h8 ?- p+ ~ c
+ E: B5 M( k) v* {# JThe Fed did not change its target for the more important federal funds rate, which has remained at 5.25 per cent for more than a year.
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+ F6 ]. v2 [ z/ h% L, f. V/ S"In many ways, when you deal with a sick person, cutting the discount rate is holding their hand; cutting the Fed funds rate is giving them medicine'' John Johnston, chief strategist at The Harbour Group at RBC Dominion securities, told The Canadian Press.
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